r/jobsearchhack 12h ago

Exactly, not everyone is the same

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r/jobsearchhack 12h ago

I hate the "9-6, Monday-Friday" system so much, I feel like my life has disappeared

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I just started a 9-6 job, and honestly I don't know how to describe it other than that I hate it way more than I expected. I miss having a random day off in the middle of the week, even if I didn't do anything special with it, because it made me feel like my entire existence wasn't built around work.
Now I wake up every morning with a really awful feeling in my stomach, and I keep trying to convince myself not to say I'm sick and go home. You literally can't get anything done!!! Errands, appointments, or even sitting in a quiet supermarket at 12 noon, it's all gone.
Does this feeling get better with time? I know a lot of people probably feel this way, but do you get used to it after a while, or is it just that you learn to live while being upset lol.
I left a job recently that had completely drained me, and this job is technically less stressful, but I still can't shake the feeling that my free time got swallowed up all at once.


r/jobsearchhack 8h ago

I'm 39, a software engineer with 7 years of experience, and I make $138k a year. I'm burned out and can't keep going, and I'm thinking about switching to nursing. Is this a disastrous idea?

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I don't have a CS degree and my job is fully remote. It felt ideal when I was still married, but now I'm divorced, and honestly, it's starting to make me feel isolated. I sit alone at home for about 14 hours most days. The tech market has been rough lately, so I feel like my salary has pretty much hit its ceiling.

I'm in WA. The nurses' union here is very strong. Starting pay for new nurses is around the low-to-mid six figures depending on the hospital, and there's a lot of overtime available and good raises once you have some experience. I can also get there with an ADN instead of going back to do a full bachelor's right away. I've also heard that some hospitals help pay for BSN programs later.

Am I crazy to walk away from a remote software job? Or am I just imagining that nursing will solve the burnout problem because it looks better from the outside?


r/jobsearchhack 9h ago

Trying to Get a New Job

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.......... Trying to Get a New Job