Smoofer

11mo

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Nah it’s pretty chill

I would definitely be sadder with out it

CutiePieHole

11mo

Yes because i can never have kids but i dont want kids tbh and actually it sometimes makes me feel less of a person even though i make 10x+ more than my friends but they can all see everythng online its kinda degrading

etuev

11mo

I'm not doing well at all. My work does make me feel bad. I'm hesitant to say depressed but it would certainly feel that way atm. If not looking forward to much career wise and feeling dread of my working future is depressed then I guess I am.

I work in tech. I've had a rough 4-5 past years and only started working 3 years ago. The first year of my career was easily the best since I had a fantastic manager who was willing to support me and help me grow. I didn't realise how great she was until she left and I got worse and worse managers who just made my life difficult.

The main factor pissing me off being the restriction of opportunities to learn and develop, with them using various flavor of the month excuses as to why my development opportunities need to be staved off. I'd already mentally checked out of my current job probably around July 2023. Been searching for new stuff since then but the markets kinda tough now so haven't been hearing much back.

My morale when it comes to work is pretty low atm. Just feel super discouraged and want out of this place. I want to work somewhere where I have a little more social contact, where people actually wanna learn and grow, where people are open to change. So every day that goes by just hurts a bit since I feel I should already be outta here.

I hope the market clears up soon because man, I can't stand this for much longer. The thought of just outright quitting this job has crossed my mind but I can't afford to since I need to pay rent. Just constantly applying for stuff gets discouraging since application processes make you jump through trillions of hoops, doing that many times gets demoralizing. I don't stop but you do feel kinda sad and hopeless if I'm honest.

I'm also still super early in my career so I'm in a weird spot where I have a good amount of experience, but still can go in any direction. But that would take more time and require more experience gathering in that area of tech. So atm I feel very much just directionless.

I'm lucky in that I have a lot of areas of interest, but to make it into a career is something else entirely.

Yeah just had a rough couple of years I guess. My granddad who I was extremely close to passed away around 3 years ago now which hurt me a lot. I wish he could see the man I am now. Family falling apart as well after he died, people icing each other out and not seeing each other.

training

11mo

ngl, i'm in the exact same boat as you.

in tech as well and been working for a place for almost 5 years now. after my manager left last year, things have gotten so much worse.

and the market isn't too great for us. we're basically mid-level/kind of senior (but not really imo), but there's no openings in tech like it was in 2021. been looking into pivoting into a different career, but idk.

sorry to hear about your grandpa (RIP) and how the family hasn't been as close as they used to be. if you need to talk, feel free to PM me whenever

what are you thinking of next steps for your career?

training

11mo

work's been pretty stressful and been having long hours in the office.

even working out and doing my hobbies on the weekend don't seem to bring too much joy these days.
been looking for a new job, but the market is really tough right now and i'm thinking of transitioning into a new career path.

i understand work has its stresses, but should it make you feel depressed?

etuev

11mo

I'm not doing well at all. My work does make me feel bad. I'm hesitant to say depressed but it would certainly feel that way atm. If not looking forward to much career wise and feeling dread of my working future is depressed then I guess I am.

I work in tech. I've had a rough 4-5 past years and only started working 3 years ago. The first year of my career was easily the best since I had a fantastic manager who was willing to support me and help me grow. I didn't realise how great she was until she left and I got worse and worse managers who just made my life difficult.

The main factor pissing me off being the restriction of opportunities to learn and develop, with them using various flavor of the month excuses as to why my development opportunities need to be staved off. I'd already mentally checked out of my current job probably around July 2023. Been searching for new stuff since then but the markets kinda tough now so haven't been hearing much back.

My morale when it comes to work is pretty low atm. Just feel super discouraged and want out of this place. I want to work somewhere where I have a little more social contact, where people actually wanna learn and grow, where people are open to change. So every day that goes by just hurts a bit since I feel I should already be outta here.

I hope the market clears up soon because man, I can't stand this for much longer. The thought of just outright quitting this job has crossed my mind but I can't afford to since I need to pay rent. Just constantly applying for stuff gets discouraging since application processes make you jump through trillions of hoops, doing that many times gets demoralizing. I don't stop but you do feel kinda sad and hopeless if I'm honest.

I'm also still super early in my career so I'm in a weird spot where I have a good amount of experience, but still can go in any direction. But that would take more time and require more experience gathering in that area of tech. So atm I feel very much just directionless.

I'm lucky in that I have a lot of areas of interest, but to make it into a career is something else entirely.

Yeah just had a rough couple of years I guess. My granddad who I was extremely close to passed away around 3 years ago now which hurt me a lot. I wish he could see the man I am now. Family falling apart as well after he died, people icing each other out and not seeing each other.

X7JQ9L2MF4A8Z

11mo

getting up for work is the hardest part of my entire day i can’t stand that s***

Danny

11mo

Crushes my soul.