Re:Frugality Is Non-Linear (2019)
by fred_is_fred on Wednesday September 23, 2020 @06:18PM
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There is also the concept of time you will never get back. I had 2 friends that were laid off from a job with 3 months pay. One took a job the next day (after the notice period) and paid down his mortgage with the rest. The other took ~3 months to spend time traveling with his wife & kids (10 and 8 roughly). Both seem valid options, but the option to spend a few months showing your kids National Parks isn't an option when you are retired at 60. That choice is taken from you.
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It depends on circumstances.
If you have reason to believe that getting a new job is trivial, then sure. Take some time off if you can afford to.
If, on the other hand, you have no idea if you can get an equivalent professional job in one or two years and may involve moving (as is the case with MANY people in tech in spite of what people in the bubble may believe) then looking for a job immediately makes a lot of sense.
Re:Frugality Is Non-Linear (2019)
by fred_is_fred on Thursday September 24, 2020 @09:43AM
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This was back in 2017 where cloud-native/ops jobs grew on trees.
A lot of people assume that what (they think) is trivial for them is trivial for others who not interview as well, have flags on their resume, etc. Furthermore, what may have been trivial in 2000, 2007, or 2019 might not be so trivial 12 months later.
Taking some time off may still make sense but it's always going to be a bit of a calculated risk.