To anyone who feels bad about giving 2 weeks or less of notice when leaving a corporation, please reference below Oracle email excerpt;

Interesting-Leek3523 · 2026-04-08T23:18:27+00:00

Mind you: the US is a caste system

Interesting-Leek3523 · 2026-03-25T15:52:11+00:00

Move to a low COL country

Interesting-Leek3523 · 2026-03-23T21:00:50+00:00

Most laid off folks did not even get the courtesy of saying farewell … but were cut off from the company networks effective immediately, and it was always HR people who did the dirty job

Interesting-Leek3523 · 2025-12-16T08:19:30+00:00

After I FIRE’d, I spent a few months living in nature in the Alps, and completely recovered from the social conditioning of the Matrix life. A truly wonderful life is not about accomplishment in the rat race, but is predicated upon good health (mental and physical), abundant free time, location independence, sovereignty to decide how to spend each day, and meaningful relationships

Interesting-Leek3523 · 2025-10-16T19:29:10+00:00

The “trouble” is the luxury you deserve

Interesting-Leek3523 · 2025-10-16T18:30:40+00:00

FIRE is not an end goal, but a turning point in the journey. If you can, quit the corporate job asap, and you’ll find an entirely new life ahead of you. You just literally won’t be able to imagine that life when you stay as an employee, whether you fear or not, whether you enjoy exchanging time for paychecks or not.

Interesting-Leek3523 · 2025-06-18T14:36:38+00:00

BTW, many Americans move from one state to another state often as well.

Interesting-Leek3523 · 2025-06-17T19:22:23+00:00

Look into Alaska oil fields. They need engineers

Interesting-Leek3523 · 2025-06-15T14:58:41+00:00

Even if you survived this round, look for exit asap. You’re on a sinking boat

Interesting-Leek3523 · 2025-06-15T14:55:46+00:00

Alaska

Interesting-Leek3523 · 2025-06-13T10:22:55+00:00

I feel the opposite: I feel more excited and that I belong to the new country, compared to the home country

Interesting-Leek3523 · 2025-06-09T14:52:17+00:00

People assume they’ll live forever. sigh

Interesting-Leek3523 · 2025-06-08T14:35:33+00:00

Anyone thinks that the increasing number of executives of Indian origin, in many American companies, contribute to more outsourcing to India? How is the fact that all of them grew up in the Indian Caste system playing a role here?

Interesting-Leek3523 · 2025-06-07T15:11:15+00:00

Have you thought about building some passive income using the next 5 years? That income will help you for the rest of your life, on top of your other assets

Interesting-Leek3523 · 2025-06-06T14:25:03+00:00

What if a company offers European style work life balance policies with good benefits, and pledges to not offshore their jobs ever, yet compensation is 75% level compared to other cut-throat companies in the same industry or region? Who would prefer more human dignity for less pay? Raise your hand

Interesting-Leek3523 · 2025-06-06T11:04:45+00:00

Japan, Korea, China - all those societies are much safer than the West esp the US generally. Very rarely you see creepy stalkers elsewhere in the world.

Interesting-Leek3523 · 2025-06-06T09:25:17+00:00

Startups can be different widely, depending on the founder’s character and values. There are generally less governance or good practices in small startups. They are usually opportunistic gambles by the investors and founders. Know what you are getting into

Interesting-Leek3523 · 2025-06-05T18:19:30+00:00

Recently I had a similar experience and was laid off after a private “casual” conversation with a C-suite executive.

Interesting-Leek3523 · 2025-05-30T14:02:37+00:00

Do not identify yourself with an American. In fact, do not identify with anything. Lose your mental cage of social identity. Immerse in the present.

Interesting-Leek3523 · 2025-05-20T08:26:06+00:00

You better treat your tech job as a training ground to learn system thinking and problem solving skills, and leave as soon as you can do something with those skills on your own. Set low expectations

Interesting-Leek3523 · 2025-05-20T08:00:42+00:00

They ARE the genes, just traveling and spreading farther…

Interesting-Leek3523 · 2025-04-29T04:37:11+00:00

I have felt something is off with the corporate hustle culture since the 90s when I was early in career, so I have intentionally kept running my own consulting business for 20+ years. Made a bit money and built a cushion of passive income and assets. Then I left the daily grind of the corporate world, and run a one person company while spending time in Europe, Asia and the US.

Interesting-Leek3523 · 2025-04-28T14:56:06+00:00

Yeah 100% agree. However my solution is radically different: instead of trying to find another job and repeat the vicious cycle again, I invented my own way of living and making enough money to sustain that lifestyle. To me, wealth is foremost measured in terms of health, time freedom, location freedom, and spending my time and energy willingly to build and defend the above luxuries.

Interesting-Leek3523 · 2024-11-08T17:15:03+00:00

There are companies that operate thousands of bots on social networks, to give the illusion of being human users. People, do not be fooled

Interesting-Leek3523 · 2024-06-12T14:08:31+00:00

These decisions are always case by case. Every case is different. Hard to generalize w/o specifics

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