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> I really gotta find a job where they pay you but people won't freak out if you can't make a simple business case for every detail of what you're doing in a given week.

Here's my tip: Get a regular mid-level web development job; spend 40% of the week to do the minimum of actual work you were allocated (just try not to dip below that), and spend the rest of your time doing whatever other work you want; tell your boss that while you're finding your allocated work difficult, this additional work that you're doing "out of hours" is really motivating you. The best case scenario is that they'll find that "extra" sufficiently useful to actually change your job title; worst case, you're let go, and can try again in a different company, having gained experience.




I mean I've worked for multiple companies wherein I've been explicitly hired as R&D staff and then let go because they don't want that anymore and would rather downsize than pay another dev to do the short-term work they are now focusing on, and also for companies where the workload wasn't too heavy and left me time to do other stuff but they ran out of runway without telling anyone. I've also worked for a company where I did three people's jobs that weren't mine for three months and got commended for saving the company (not my words) but then unceremoniously laid off because promises were made during that time (that I didn't ask for) and then spreadsheets were consulted and said promises started looking expensive

During none of these instances was I given any warning or offered a transfer or pay cut instead

Basically, the last few years dealing with this industry have given me some trust issues




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