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Can't stop won't stop (mander.xyz)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Thank you, I needed to read this. Currently trying to find a job in another state, and there’s just slim pickings. I want to get out of my current position and location so bad, but it’s depressing going on sites like Indeed and seeing nothing promising every day. So I just keep playing games each night, hoping for a change to… idk, fall in my lap?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago

Doesn't sound like you're waiting for things to fall in your lap to me, you're actively searching and have formulated your plans to move away and make changes, when the right opportunity comes you'll be ready to recognize and seize it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

another state

which one? if not Oregon where I live, maybe another user from your target state can see this and offer some more local labor guidance.

a big part of success is luck. sucks. but it means opportunity can come from unexpected places.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

Funnily enough, yeah Oregon! Or Washington. I’m aiming to move somewhere in the Portland/Vancouver area. My job is… somewhat niche. There are several companies in the area, but many of them seem to be not so great/kind of slavedrivery. I interviewed with 3 so far, and the 1 I really liked ghosted me after I came up and spent a whole day hanging out with them at their office. The owner straight up had told me he’d send an offer my way, so no clue what happened there.

There are maybe a couple more I know about that I’d like to reach out to, but barring that i’m not sure what to do. There seem to be a LOT more companies up near Seattle, but well… it’s just about as expensive to live there as where I live now, and I don’t like big cities much.