Board:   [fsxNet] fsx General
Subject: New job worries
From:    Nightfox(21:1/137)
Date:    Tue Aug 25, 2026 08:20

After being laid off in September 2025, I recently got a job offer and started just after the beginning of July (2026). It's a software engineer job where I'll be helping to investigate issues reported by customers (and one of their customers in particular, who has sites in my area).

Starting a new job usually includes hassles of ramping up & learning while new. Usually I feel fairly comfortable doing that, though I feel like this time it's a bit different. Right away (a week after I started), they had me travel for training for 4 weeks. And this job is unique in that my manager is in a time zone 15 hours ahead of me (which is where I traveled to), so communication can be difficult sometimes. My manager has set up a daily meeting with me at 8:30AM my time; at the end of my day, I'll send him an update, and sometimes he wants to talk to me to sync up on it, which ends up being about 5:30PM my time.

I'm still learning, and I feel like some things about the tasks my manager gives me can still be a little unclear.  But I can ask him questions. Also, we use Copilot AI, and I've asked Copilot if it can explain some things I'm unclear on.

With past jobs, new tasks I'm given usually felt a little more clear. I feel nervous when given tasks that are unclear, and I worry a bit..  In 2010, I had started a job where things were very unclear and I wasn't getting good help from coworkers; I struggled there for 6 months and ended up being let go. That was overall a bad situation..  This new job somewhat reminded me of that, although I think things are better with this job, as my manager has been fairly helpful (when our time overlaps when we have our meetings), and the people here seem to be generally friendly.

I've been going through periods of feeling okay with things and feeling a bit down and worried.  The down & worried tends to be more than feeling okay so far.

Aside from my job, my wife and I plan to move to be a little closer to where she works as the lease on our current apartment is close to the end/renewal point. I don't like moving and having to pack & everything. It will be better for my wife's commute though.

I'm also still going through a financial issue related to my ex wife's actions which have impacted me, to the extent where I've been working with a law firm on that. They've recently made a partial summary judgment in my favor, but things are still ongoing on that.

Among my new job, moving, and issue with my ex wife, I feel like this is a bit of a stressful time.

Nightfox
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