I want to feel stupid

Wed, 04 Mar 2026 16:30:00 +0000

I spent a bit over 3 years in my last job. That was the first time I ever spent more than a full year at any company (lol). I think most of the reason behind that was that it was basically impossible to find a higher paying job in Brazil. Once I moved to HK, I started having more options. I also generally enjoyed working there for most of the time, and I think some of my colleagues were really smart.

STOP PRETENDING

Thu, 26 Feb 2026 02:00:00 +0000

6 months ago I decided that I wanted to quit my job. I wasn’t (and probably also am not currently) super sure of exactly what caused it, but it was probably a bunch of different things that made the vibe slowly get worse and worse. The most obvious reason was a change in how I was being treated by management (DISCLAIMER: if you are part of “management”, plz close this post and go do something else, thank!!). I think as technical people we (the team) used to be pretty free to choose our own priorities, which made work quite enjoyable. I would think of something that I thought was “important” and I’d do it. Cool, I win, company wins (or not, but that’s not my fault).

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I want to feel stupid

STOP PRETENDING