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I'm about to step away I think. I love programming and creativity.

But I'm also about to be made redundant. So I've been job searching. I thought I had an "impressive" CV for 3 YoE - I mean I've built solo stuff with XXX,XXX+ users (and others with XX,XXX and 2 with XXXX users and one with XXX users!!)! But because I don't have C# commercial experience (in NZ) I can't get any jobs. I also had an abusive interview today which pushed me over the edge.

I felt like meeting "god" after that traumatic interview experience and the state of things (like the indigenous people having their treaty destroyed by a fucking racist right leaning bastard government). I'm sorry if thats not okay to say on HN, I'm just incredibly sad at the state of the world and it seems my career is about to evaporate and my life with it. I'm partially disabled so that doesn't help, I can't just go out and become a forest ranger or something cool.

I'm probably on several lists now for my comments on the state of the world. Fuck it. All privacy has been destroyed anyway.




Interviewing sucks, really hard, and when you put so much of your creativity up on the line like that it can feel like a test of the balance of your soul. Its not, its a test of whether you light up the right spots in the brain of someone you've never met. For this reason, and for many others: if you're giving 100%, don't. They don't deserve your 100% and would never even be able to benefit from it if you still give it. This was advice that not everyone needs, but I absolutely needed at one point. Hope you can find a brighter path.


You are not alone. Not sure you saw the other trending HN post around Ghost jobs. Despite this, I'm sure you'll land on your feet in no time!




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