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by tfrutuoso 1247 days ago
I'm there now. The endless cycle of staring at the bedroom ceiling trying to muster the will to get out of bed, the anger at the existencial inertia, the tiny voice inside my head that says "jump" while staring at the abyss. Glad to see you made it out, guess there's still hope out there.
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Why not move on? I know that right now the economy is not exactly in a good shape, but what you are going through right now is worse.
Obviously overcoming the inertia to leetcode a while and go through the interview ringer on top of everything else that's going on in their life is WAY harder than just.. rolling out of bed whenever and logging on until the end of the day.
Plus in my experience the new place will have a 75% chance of being no better.
Respectfully, I don't think your personal experience is an indication of what it would be like for someone else.

If your current situation sucks and you can step away (NOT end your life), do it. Whatever chance exists for things to get better, it's better than sticking with something you know is bad.