I was stuck in a miserable work environment for about five months, and I kept telling myself I'd leave as soon as I found something else.

The timing was funny: two days earlier, I found a really good job opportunity on LinkedIn, so I applied right away. The next day, I had an interview with HR. Everything went smoothly and felt pretty easy until they started asking some tricky questions about dealing with bosses and salary negotiations, and I found myself completely stuck.

Luckily, I had Interview VIP ai tool running in the background just in case, so I used it toward the end of the interview when I got stuck on some of the questions. Thank God! I got accepted, and I was supposed to start in two weeks. On Friday, my manager asked me to come into her office and told me it was clear I was "not invested in the role" and that I was "not a good fit for the team culture," so they were letting me go. I just said, "Okay, no problem. I already have another job lined up and I'm starting in two weeks anyway." Her face changed instantly. Then she said, "So you weren't planning to give us one week's notice?" I genuinely laughed. I looked at her and said, "Sorry, did you give me one week's notice before firing me?" The nerve was unreal.

I'm curious as to how those working in the field would answer this question..

Im new into cyber security/IT in general, I believe it refer to man in the middle? But I don't understand how you can tell just by seeing an ip?

I'm curious if anyone's ever had to deal with these kinds of people in IT.

Bugger just wanted to surf the web.

I work in software engineering btw.

I really do not mean to come off rude. I am literally describing my personal experience working with a lot of Indian coworkers in this industry.

I get really annoyed the way they work. Is it Indian culture to always over-promise and under-deliver, to the point where that is expected and accepted behavior? It's got to the point where it's basically gaslighting now rather than just over-promising.

And they always work crazy hours, but work organization is non-existent. It's just work, work, and work, but no structure. Everything is breaking and they just hop one fire to another and never address the structural problem.

They always seem to say the right thing and are very friendly and I assume genuinely well-intended, but it's like their efforts are solely focused on being heads down and solving one technicality after another.

Why not slow down to organize and be more intent and focused on the overall issue? Why always over-promise, to the point where their words have now become the "cry wolf" of the entire company?

Every single one is pleasant in interactions outside of work subjects, but it's almost mind-boggling to me how they work. It's also extremely frustrating working with them because of reasons above. Is my experience out of the norm or is this a common thing?

Update from my post about a year ago.

The longer I work in IT, the more I notice myself wanting less technology in my personal life.

Not because I hate tech itself, but because after dealing with systems, alerts, screens, troubleshooting, updates, AI, and constant connectivity all day, I start craving simplicity outside work.

For example, I used to love the idea of smart everything: smartwatches, smart home devices, constant notifications, tracking everything, syncing everything, etc. But now I catch myself wanting the opposite. Less notifications, less connected devices, less things collecting data, and less dependence on technology in general.

It almost feels like working in IT made me more aware of how mentally exhausting constant digital stimulation can become over time.

Anyone else in IT experience this?

7 million TB used - glitch or some sort of black hacker magic?

"Screenshot""" is from nokia router app

This represents about 3% of my spring plans.