[HN Gopher] Thank HN: Five months ago, I was feeling like a lose...
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       Thank HN: Five months ago, I was feeling like a loser, now I am
       opposite
        
       I posted this a few months ago:
       https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29709273  I thought I hated
       programming and was ready to quit or even divorce my wife. I was
       not able to have a normal conversation with anyone. I was burned
       out but I thought I was having midlife crisis.  My wife wanted to
       buy a big house and I kept blaming her for the stress.  My job was
       easy and I had a lot of control over my time, work location, etc. I
       didn't think it could be the job that was causing me feel
       depressed.  What I didn't realize while my work gave me freedom on
       work schedule, it didn't give me any real freedom to make important
       decisions. We were checkmark driven company. I was forced to do a
       lot of compliance and security related tasks which added zero
       benefit to our service.  After my post, I decided that I either
       move into management at my last company or get a new job. I worked
       longer hours and spent all my free time doing LeetCode.  LeetCode
       was hard and pointless. But I was motivated and was able to solve
       most easy and medium question in 30 mins. However, that was not
       good enough for FAANGs.  I applied to some smaller companies and
       got a few offers. I picked one really great Series D startup. I
       believe in their mission and I have freedom to make real decisions
       here. I got a decent bump in my salary but not really FAANG TC.
       However, more importantly, work is 1000 times more exciting. I feel
       alive again. Wife and I are not fighting anymore. I work longer
       hours but have more energy at the end of day.  I just want to thank
       everyone that responded to my post and tell everyone that if you
       find your work or life unfulfilling, change your job now!
        
       Author : ac2022
       Score  : 38 points
       Date   : 2022-06-13 21:32 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
       | happyopossum wrote:
       | Happy to hear you've made some positive changes!
       | 
       | That said, as a cybersecurity practitioner, this:
       | 
       | >a lot of compliance and security related tasks which added zero
       | benefit to our service
       | 
       | scares the bejeezus out of me. Security is _never_ of zero
       | benefit.
        
       | DantesKite wrote:
       | No problemo. Optimism, useful advice, and motivational speaking
       | are what we do best here over at HackerNews.
        
       | jimhi wrote:
       | Thanks for sharing, I think many people out there are going
       | through the same thing you did.
        
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