[admissionsguy]

I fired a client recently. It felt like the last day of high school. It's incredible how draining some people and environments are compared to others. It may be the most important thing in life - to screen well, and failing that, to sever ties promptly.

BTW Why do people always advise others to find a new job before quitting the current one? The finances of software people cannot be that precarious. Are you afraid of the mythical gap in the resume, or what?

[muzani]

"Why do people always advise others to find a new job before quitting the current one?"

There are a lot of jobs out there but the interview process can take months and after being exhausted from searching, you may well just accept a bad deal.

I've been in bad jobs though, and tried to job hunt from there. There was one where there's a meeting every half day to discuss progress. It was so draining that it was a confidence hit during interviews. I quit and it felt like the days were literally more beautiful.

[throwaway4233]

To provide context, I have gone around 6 months without working since I left my last job without another offer in hand. I have done the same thing with my previous 2 jobs as well, but at those times I managed to find a new job within a month. What changed was impact of pandemic and my interest in finding a job in another country.

> Why do people always advise others to find a new job before quitting the current one?

1. Interviews are complicated (and not just technical skill dependent) and sometimes time consuming especially if you are looking for specific companies or domains to work in. Your pace at getting the job might not match the company's. Hence your plan of savings for 3 months might have to be stretched to fit for 5 or 6 months.

2. Explaining why I quit my previous job without another offer was a constant question asked during the initial HR interviews and that required carefully worded answers. Since it was during the covid pandemic the general assumption would have been that I was part of a mass layoff.

3. Your existing job provides the stability for you to negotiate better since you already have something to fall back on. This matters only if you do not have an existing offer in hand.

[brtkdotse]

> The finances of software people cannot be that precarious.

You’d be surprised. hedonic treadmill intensifying

[jokethrowaway]

I know engineers making less than me and spending 2x my spending.

A lot of people spend a lot, partially to be in a certain location for their job, partially because they can afford the starbucks everyday, dining out all the times.

[cpach]

“Why do people always advise others to find a new job before quitting the current one?”

Dunno. I did exactly that last year. I don’t regret it. My kids weren’t worse off in any way. Within ~6 weeks I had signed up for another job with better salary.