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Re:I Knew a Programmer Who Went Completely Insane by Swizec on Friday April 19, 2013 @04:28AM (#5575506)
Ah, pragmatic cynicism. Never was a fan of that, always more of a fan of unpragmatically changing things for the better. Especially these days when the global unemployment rate for programmers is ~3%, you will get a different job and you will get it quickly.

I'm told life looks very different if you have done anything resembling settling down. But I haven't been there yet and my glasses have rose coloured lenses.

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Re:I Knew a Programmer Who Went Completely Insane by vonmoltke on Friday April 19, 2013 @11:11AM (#5577032)
I was in a highly political and highly toxic situation prior to my current engagement. It took me over two years to get out of it. If you are not already in one of a handful of major tech hubs, it can be extremely difficult to get out such a situation. Granted, the pragmatic cynicism doesn't help, but if you can stomach it you can stay in a somewhat better frame of mind than I let myself devolve into.
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Re:I Knew a Programmer Who Went Completely Insane by bostonvaulter2 on Friday April 19, 2013 @06:06PM (#5578942)
Out of curiosity, what was it that was keeping you at that job? Lack of money? Family? Moving options?
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