Versatile software engineer with a background in .NET consulting and CMS development. Working on regaining my embedded development skills to get more involved with IoT opportunities.
I feel you so much on this one...I wanted to be able to work from home and get out of the insanity of the corporate world, and without much background research or stable financial reserves, boldly but brainlessly set off on my goal. I found some random work here and there but at the end of the day I wasn't near breaking even. I kept holding out for a similar "one perfect account" and right before they signed they suddenly started communicating a lot less and my stomach instantly dropped.
After a few weeks of e-mail tag, they finally admitted that they couldn't commit to it. I turned down some really sweet job offers because I was determined to make it, and now I've ended up in a situation that I can describe as "interesting" but it's good full-time money in exchange for double the corporate BS that had set me off on this quest. If I didn't start work again this week, I'd probably be seeing what bankruptcy court feels like. My guess is it's pretty soul-crushing.
I still love the idea of it, but it's going to be a while before I fully recover from this. I'm just terrified I am going to wander around from shitty corp job to shitty corp job like a real life version of the Realms of the Hungry Ghosts in Buddhist mythology, never finding a long-lasting sense of satisfaction. I think I'm gonna go play with my roommate's cat now.
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I feel you so much on this one...I wanted to be able to work from home and get out of the insanity of the corporate world, and without much background research or stable financial reserves, boldly but brainlessly set off on my goal. I found some random work here and there but at the end of the day I wasn't near breaking even. I kept holding out for a similar "one perfect account" and right before they signed they suddenly started communicating a lot less and my stomach instantly dropped.
After a few weeks of e-mail tag, they finally admitted that they couldn't commit to it. I turned down some really sweet job offers because I was determined to make it, and now I've ended up in a situation that I can describe as "interesting" but it's good full-time money in exchange for double the corporate BS that had set me off on this quest. If I didn't start work again this week, I'd probably be seeing what bankruptcy court feels like. My guess is it's pretty soul-crushing.
I still love the idea of it, but it's going to be a while before I fully recover from this. I'm just terrified I am going to wander around from shitty corp job to shitty corp job like a real life version of the Realms of the Hungry Ghosts in Buddhist mythology, never finding a long-lasting sense of satisfaction. I think I'm gonna go play with my roommate's cat now.