[dinetrimr]

I used to recognize this at my last job, pay was good but left searching for other opportunities where I felt valued in a team.

Two years later and I've about burned through all my savings looking for any job at all. Seems like current market has decided my skills and connections are not enough. Fixing to just uber or something next month out of desperation. I used to make six figures.

Turns out I decided to quit at the absolute worst time. I may not have been valued socially at the last gig but I felt somewhat useful. Nowadays enough time has passed and I no longer feel valued nor useful. The distinction fails to make any difference when the threat of losing it all constantly looms over you.

If I could I would go back in time and berate my self to keep that job at all costs and remain valueless, instead of insist grass is greener for some nebulous quality of "valued". Some things like health insurance are just more important than some intangible ideas of being valued or not by higher ups I won't really understand.

[aaviator42]

I'm sorry to hear that, and hope you're able to figure out something sustainable soon.

To other readers: don't quit your job until you have a new source of income locked in!

[dinetrimr]

Thought I had one, turned in my notice but they rescinded offer a week later for no obvious reason and went hiring freeze. Was about the exact point when the market started inclining couple of years ago. Still think if I had interviewed a month before I would have got the position Been jobless ever since.

I blame my self for it, for not having the insight. Consequences were severe

[darkwater]

No, you should blame the company that rescinded the offer! Now it's probably too late but, did you try talking again with your former manager to see if you could get back your old job, after the offer was rescinded?

[dinetrimr]

That was a while ago sadly, I just decided to learn my lesson and move on. Tough to square with the loss of my savings but is what it is

Kept up my certs and all, still do tech stuff all them time, think I'll have a job even if it's minimum wage and underemployment at some point

[chokominto]

Wow, that's crazy. Hope you'll find something soon.

[fc417fc802]

Don't beat yourself up over what amounts to luck. You could just as easily have remained where you were and later been caught up in a layoff.

By definition risks don't always go your way.

[matwood]

> where I felt valued in a team.

To quote Don Draper, “that’s what the money is for!” Find your meaning or value somewhere else not in your job and it will both be longer lasting and likely much deeper.

[dinetrimr]

It would be nice, heck I would accept a 50% pay cut for a better team since I didn't even need all the money I was earning (except for my current survival I guess), money isn't what it's about to me so long as I can feed myself, but my job hunt now isn't really about team value anymore. It's not something I can afford to think about when any job has to do for the rent. I could go back to stocking shelves if the next data entry thing I feel over skilled for doesn't get back to me

I like my hobbies, just I can't pretend to enjoy them all day when my current lifestyle has been unsustainable for so long. It was easier start of the job drought and I could do whatever I wanted and it felt nice, picked up some (unmarketable but fun) skills. Now it's all caught up to me.

"At least the gig economy is an option" is a thought that appeared in my head recently

[pixl97]

>pay was good but left searching for other opportunities where I felt valued in a team.

One of the bad things about heiring is that it always seems that it's much easier to get a job if you have a job.

As a warning to others, get a new job before you quit your old one.