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by henning 1744 days ago
- Working on your own project/company is tremendously different from working at someone else's stupid company that is obviously doomed to fail but you have a mortgage and kids so you need to work there for at least a year before switching jobs in order to not have your resume look weird

- Taking time off for vacation and getting adequate sleep are literally the things hustle culture rails against, since normies do that and to "succeed" you have to not do those

1 comments

If a company is doomed to fail, you’re almost certainly better off to switch boats than to ride that one to the bottom. If it does fail, you have an easy “why’d you leave Titanic LLC?” answer. If it lumps along sideways for a few years, you still have an OK answer. Four six month stints in a row is a concern without any explanation. If three of those were duds, it’s still better to get out IMO. (To be honest, four twelve month stints isn’t piles and piles better.)