post graduation depression arc over, it's time to dust off the stubborn little cocksucker within me and really lock in on finding a job. i have a little over two months to find something so i can stay in the states. i don't plan on flying back to australia with my tail tucked between my legs unless i have truly exhausted every opportunity out there. the main hiring season is over, all the americans are taking their mandatory post grad gap year, all the h-1b indians are fleeing due to trump, all the yc startups have had their pre seed rounds and still need staff. it's now or fucking never
ArmchairEconomist
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I've been there, many moons ago... God speed. It's a rough ride. You will make it one way or another.
zonk
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@ArmchairEconomist01@poa.st thanks. it's especially hard nowadays, but there's still a window of opportunity before ai completely automates hr away
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Plan A: Become a doctor. Failed. Plan B: I went to silicon valley in 1999 with a start up. Crashed & burned after 3 years. Plan C: went into Finance & procurement. Worked in middle management. Succeeded. True story. Always have a plan C. Be able to lose & get back into the ring for the next fight.
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@ArmchairEconomist01@poa.st @zonk@shitposter.world Plenty of programmers went into finance after the dot.com bubble crash, so, your story is pretty typical Had you been there a little before to know the crash was going to happen, you could have sold off just before the dip
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I didn't sell in in 2000 dot bomb crash. Or inthe 2008 GFC crisis. I got cleaned out both times. This is why no one should EVER listen to my financial advice. The irony. I work in finance. I make deals every day on contracts & fund them.
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@ArmchairEconomist01@poa.st @zonk@shitposter.world Problem is, later accounts remark that most people involved before the dot com crash knew it was coming, and were collectively doing a pump and dump scheme. Smaller fishes should have just pulled out before they crashed out, and maybe if you had known you could have at least limited the damage. Thing is, insiders knew, but they kept pumping Unfortunately, swimming with the sharks is an eat or be eaten dynamic