username317

Re:Ask HN: How much of a pay cut would you take? on Friday February 07, 2014 @09:59AM (#7196492)

Yes, that is exactly how I feel now. Fortunately i have only been here for 4 years. Freelancing scares me a bit, but maybe being scared is a good thing. Better than feeling like dying!

Re:Ask HN: How much of a pay cut would you take? on Friday February 07, 2014 @09:53AM (#7196465)

Around here it seems that contractors are tied to contract houses that give you little flexibility and less than awesome pay. However I should look into it more. Yes, life is definitely brief.

Re:Ask HN: How much of a pay cut would you take? on Friday February 07, 2014 @09:48AM (#7196445)

The feelings have been going on for about a year, though they have been getting worse lately. I think you have a valid point. Thanks for the feedback.

Ask HN: How much of a pay cut would you take?

Posted by username317 on Friday February 07, 2014 @07:27AM
from the ask-hn dept.

I'm a software developer with around 10 years of experience doing mostly server side development with some client-server and a few web apps thrown in. I work at a company where I make a decent amount of money for the area. I think the average here is around 95K and I make around 35-40K more after bonuses. Unfortunately I'm not happy here. My job has become tedious and frustrating and it's...

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Re:It's Settled: Silicon Valley Is Dying. So What's Next? on Wednesday February 05, 2014 @10:01PM (#7188459)

It looks like the plan in Detroit may be to bring in a lot of EB-2 visas. I'm not sure how I feel about this. It would be great to bring more people to the area, but also there would be more competition for tech jobs.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/23/us-usa-detroit-imm...

Re:Surefire Ways To Lose A Great Software Engineer on Wednesday February 05, 2014 @09:14PM (#7188307)

#1 made me laugh. It describes most of my days and is definitely one of the reasons I'm considering leaving. I love when my manager is out of town for business or on vacation. I get to actually think for more than 30 minutes at a time.