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Re:Ask HN: Having trouble getting senior applicants, wonderi... by tiborsaas on Tuesday June 21, 2022 @04:03AM (#31821472)
Can't you just quit and enjoy some time not working? Then suddenly have 8 hours a day which fits the 4 hours of coding assignment.
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Re:Ask HN: Having trouble getting senior applicants, wonderi... by anon291 on Tuesday June 21, 2022 @11:43PM (#31831802)
Quitting a job before you have another one is stupid.

Sorry, but if I had started my job search even a few weeks later, I would not have gotten my current thing. The economy has been in a free fall lately and I caught the last hiring wave before both my previous company and my new one announced hiring freezes.

So if I had quit and delayed a bit, I could have ended up unemployed, instead of with a raise. Quitting puts you in the position of disadvantage, so never do that.

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Re:Ask HN: Having trouble getting senior applicants, wonderi... by tiborsaas on Wednesday June 22, 2022 @09:59AM (#31836068)
So why have huge salaries and savings if you don't get to enjoy it? That's stupid as well.

Being unemployed as a SWE is not an issue at all.

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