I hope you’re doing well, sudocarlos. You will soon, and things will get better for sure (they’re slowly getting better for me :)). Also, as someone who once jumped straight to the FU stage without really having the FU money and had to live with the consequences… Don’t do it if it can be avoided. Even if it looks like you have clients and a "validated business" on the side, only pull the trigger when you actually have the savings to back it up or when your side business is taking up so much time that your main job has become a bottleneck. That’s the real validation.
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thank you! im glad i still have a job after recent layoffs where i work. but now the pressure and stress are high af and id feel better about all of it with some more fu money. #firstworldproblems
I know the feeling. As usual, Brazil mimics what happens in the western hemisphere with some delay. Outsourcing pressure postponed the layoffs in Brazil for a bit, but now the big banks, big tech and startups are playing the same game of laying people off and trying to rehire cheaply as they did here. We need to brace for the next few years. Things are starting to get better here, but it was a total nightmare, especially for IT folks, and even now the market is nowhere near its peak. But I’m honestly starting to see light at the end of the tunnel, so hopefully things will also improve in Brazil in due time.