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I am trying to make the most of my weekends with my family. We have all our meals together with dinner typically at a restaurant. We try and fit a couple of nature walks every weekend. Rest of the time we just spend…

For the last couple years good arguments were made to move to a lcol location and work remotely. The golden ticket was to pull this off with a faang / faang adjacent company - make Bay Area SWE wages while living in…

I have a 4 month break from my big tech co. My focus will be on spending it with my kids and wife. However, I also want to take it as an opportunity to work on myself and come back stronger. 2022 was pretty stressful…

The recent layoffs have heightened my my feeling of insecurity and anxiety. Company I work for had a massive layoff and it’s the first I’ve ever experienced. I wasn’t impacted but can’t shake this feeling of insecurity.…

Please Excuse the title. I need some perspective. Early Last year I was planning to buy a house in Southern California but ended up taking a job in the Bay Area and moving instead. Kind of kicking myself for not pulling…

This isn’t to get employed as a web developer but to have the ability to build something myself. For context, I’m a data engineer working for big tech and know a lot of sql and enough python for my day job. But I’ve…