I learned in 2008 how hard it is to find a job after being out of the workforce. After 6 months, you are persona non grata. Went from a six figure tech career to 12 bucks and hour. I eventually started a trading business. Never made it back to tech.
Didn’t leave by choice though.
Always easier to find a job when you already have one.
Similar story - I was battling a lot too
Still I blame the 2008 crash on W.
Yup. Red flags. But what languages do you code in?
“I learned in 2008 how hard it is to find a job after being out of the workforce. After 6 months, you are persona non grata. Went from a six figure tech career to 12 bucks and hour.”
Didn’t leave by choice though.”
My Grand Dad, Uncles and my Mother taught me to never quit your current job until you have another job to go to.
I have passed that reality on to peers, relatives and younger relatives. The smart ones listened and had jobs to go to when they left a bad situation.
Those, who didn’t listen, often, had a hard time getting employed by a good new firm/boss.
A younger relative, who had lived in the Pacific NW for 20 years wanted to move back here without a job here. We convinced him to get a job back here and a place to live before moving back.
He did that and after a year, the company he worked for here, was bought out. He very wisely got another and better job, while still employed with that company. Those, who stayed with that company and left later without jobs, often had tough times getting employed. Several moved back to their parents’ homes for awhile.