I would love to have kids, but I want to be able to afford them and take care of them the best I could, and I don't know if I'll ever be in a position where I feel comfortable to do that. I'm a software engineer, but i'm currently unemployed and the job search is so horrid and evil I kind of just want to die. I was laid off from my last SWE job and it's been hell trying to find work since. I had 5 interviews with a company only to be told that they run out of funding for the position. It takes months to get employed. If I was working, there is no guarantee of stability so i'm not sure if that will help. My current partner is in the same boat. If we were both working in stable jobs, I would be trying for sure.
Sending you the best in your job hunt. I was there last year and it was devastating. Even though I have a job, my work is piecemeal so if I don’t have work coming in, I don’t get paid. And work is almost nonexistent for obvious reasons so yay!
Here’s to better times for the both of you. Sending hugs.
god, if something that sounds as grounded and practical to me as software engineering is that unstable (just my outside perception as someone that works in a more 'frivolous' industry obvs you know your field best) then we are all well and truly fucked, huh.
mmmm that's right, it's common that you have to do tests, right? bleh, sorry you have to go through that.
I feel you at least a little bit, I've been interviewing too for going on three months now(advertising, real fun field to need a job in during a down economy :P) and have only found freelance work. which don't get me wrong, I'll take that over nothing, but I'm sooooooo burned out and over the job hunt. hang in there, hopefully it gets better for us soon.
Back on topic for Elizabeth, I hate this woman.
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Here’s to better times for the both of you. Sending hugs.
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I feel you at least a little bit, I've been interviewing too for going on three months now(advertising, real fun field to need a job in during a down economy :P) and have only found freelance work. which don't get me wrong, I'll take that over nothing, but I'm sooooooo burned out and over the job hunt. hang in there, hopefully it gets better for us soon.
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STEM in general is getting way fucked up re: hiring.
/network tech
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