Just Get a Better Job

24 points | by firefoxd 2 hours ago

4 comments

  • TheAlchemist 31 minutes ago

    It's a very good post.

    From my personnal experience, this describes perfectly why people coming from poorer backgrounds struggle to get good jobs. Quite often, you just can't wait for the right job - you need to pay the bills so you take the first one available, even if you know that it's not the best choice for you. But it's the only realistic one, because waiting 3-6 months for the good opportunity is simply off the table. Then the job you take, it takes you a lot of time and effort anyway so this right opportunity 3 months later is no longer realistic neither.

  • Nevermark 9 minutes ago

    If your Windows OS / macOS / iOS / Android / Linux isn't doing Z right, just move to (whatever happens to be my favorite) Android / Linux / Windows OS / macOS.

    This kind of ultra-reductive advice, in any arena, personal, technical, professional, is as as low quality as mouth babble gets.

    Decisions that involve many trade offs and hurdles, both obvious, and also special to each individual's specific circumstances, are never helped by such annoyingly illiterate advice.

    I wouldn't mind an HN rule aimed at curbing this kind of comment, which unfortunately, comes up regularly.

  • blizdiddy 42 minutes ago

    Wow, it’s almost like having health insurance tied to employers creates a giant obstacle to pursuing less exploitative opportunities.

      Night_Thastus 11 minutes ago

      While that definitely doesn't help, I think the post shows that it's clearly not the only problem.