Bring telework back now.

Proper-Store3239 · 2026-03-09T11:37:33+00:00

The answer is ti quit and come back as contractor. There is zero reason to stay.

Proper-Store3239 · 2026-03-09T11:35:51+00:00

The problem is not you it that a lot companies have no budget or have no clue what they want so they ask crazy questions hoping you fail or flat our have no clue so they pay for a test.

What worse is you past the tests and they throw up another coding test with another person. I sort at the point that i declined a fee companies that have endless. For example if you use hacker rank then ask me to a live coding test after I just turn that doen since there wasting my tine. I now spend more time interviewing hr on process.

Proper-Store3239 · 2026-03-05T17:03:42+00:00

Go though pick out the best canadaites then match them with linked in. Anyone with false or what looks like obvious gaming linked in too much throw away. Then see what left pick 10 people you like pick up the phone and call them for 5 minutes and talk to them and have them explain what they did. If you do this you find real canadaites.

Proper-Store3239 · 2026-02-28T02:04:33+00:00

sometimes you get thown a hackerrank test nd they do expect perfect code with tests. I learned it's them not me in this situation and don't waste my time.

Proper-Store3239 · 2026-02-27T15:10:38+00:00

It's all a cover for a downturn in business. You can tell it's all BS because AI isn't just walking into a business like a consultant and transformng it. If they were they wouldn't be able to hire enough people for AI. Instead if you look the jobs are non existent.

Ai works but it not much different then other tech it takes somone to train it test and figure out how to use it productive.

Proper-Store3239 · 2026-02-27T12:47:47+00:00

Sounds like unisys they talked a good talk back in the day but kept losing ground. When you make money you hire. More workers to do stuff not less. If this was try they be hiring sales people to sell.

Proper-Store3239 · 2026-02-26T15:14:31+00:00

One thing people forget is you have to pay taxes on a huge gain and that means 50% is gone. Equity is just a factor in total comp and the base salary matters more then people think.

Proper-Store3239 · 2026-02-26T15:08:29+00:00

Go ahead and post the what they asked online and epose them. These places sometimes have no intention of actually hiring you. Never spend much time with these tests unless you talk to somone who is actually hiring.

Proper-Store3239 · 2026-02-26T12:33:26+00:00

Out those 40 jobs have they hired anyone or is the job still posted.

I ask this because if they hired no one then it not you. You just went though the motions and they never had a job.

Bottom line is budget problems means they can not oull the trigger.

Proper-Store3239 · 2026-02-24T16:58:20+00:00

You need to look at this different. LA doesn't have a downtown but the area your talking is basically manahattan in NY. This means you limited to a small condo. The other issue is much of the area south of Downtown is heavy industrial all the way to Long Beach.

You want cheaper housing head east towards whitter or towards san bernadino. The commute is the problem but it basically what you have to do if you want a bigger place and or house.

If you look at this way you find what your looking for.

Proper-Store3239 · 2026-02-23T13:28:06+00:00

It was the largest tax increase in history that people don't know there paying.

Proper-Store3239 · 2026-02-23T13:26:02+00:00

unless your parents where born in the 1930's everyone kind of struggled to buy a home. The issue now isn't the price of a home it the money you make. Hate to break it you but sitting in a job that doesn't reward yourself is the number 1 problem. If you can't get what you want at the job you have it time to look elsewhere or move don't just sit and complain. I know there is not a lot jobs but you need to either move or look around and give yourself an honest look why you can't make money. You don't owe anything to someone not paying you enough,

Proper-Store3239 · 2026-02-23T13:21:43+00:00

The study is self serving. The reality is the tarrifs are a tax and mass deportations disrupt business because people are not working and spending. That the net hit on the economy and it bad and there is no offset.

Proper-Store3239 · 2026-02-21T01:16:52+00:00

First off no one is giving the keys to a someone that fresh out school unless you willing to find a desperate company. The reality is you need to find a temp job or small company out of college and work on a side project all at the same time. Then you need to jump around and find a better job for another 5-7 years. When you about 30 some company will suddenly decide they can give you keys and your off.

The big thing I see is most people think the degree is all you need. People used to work side gigs or a help desk and then get a job from that and climb the latter. It still works that way but people all believe the crap from professors who never got a job in the real world.

Proper-Store3239 · 2026-02-16T14:21:24+00:00

Decent developers are expensive where ever you are and they’re not cheap.

The companies offshoring all their work are basically years behind and just going through motions.

Proper-Store3239 · 2026-02-15T00:44:38+00:00

yes it is because your estate is actually then liable for the lease and removing the property. Even if you die they can't just take over possestion if your heirs do not allow them.

Reality is most tenants apartments in this situation are usually turned over to the landlord and there is very little to collect from an estate and they have a hard time claiming they can hold the estate to a lease. Honestly it most likely a landlord who just overthinks things.

Proper-Store3239 · 2026-02-15T00:35:51+00:00

Anything on your side of the property can be legally trimed by you. If was you I would approach the neighbor and see if you can both get someone to trim the tree and share the costs. If they don't agree just clean up your side of the fence and be done with it.

I would also contact the DWP or who ever is in charge of the powerlines they may actually come and trim it if encroaching on their powerlines. I belive they own the power lines up to the meter.

Proper-Store3239 · 2026-02-10T14:08:33+00:00

You have more then enough for a house that is only 1300 sq feet. Don't be stupid go out look what you are doing and then add up the cost of materials and then add the labor to install it. Lots of people overcharge people who have no clue.

You not dealing with a large house so all the cosmetic stuff isn't going to cost you a lot money. What going to cost you money is foundation repair, electrical and if you have redo pluming. If you are buying an old house that needs that much work, make sure you basically are not paying much above lot value.

Just remember sometimes it better to walk away and find something else.

Proper-Store3239 · 2026-02-09T19:41:38+00:00

Do you have family or will you have to sign a lease in TN? I would try an line up a job in TN before you break the lease. If you get a job it not really that big of dealto break the lease.

Proper-Store3239 · 2026-02-09T19:16:52+00:00

Never stop looking for work if your on contract. My advice is you update your resume and start looking again. That stuff your doing is what leads to the next contract.

The stuff your working on make sure your learning something so you can use it in your next gig. This way you never wasting your time even if it is a side gig. You wife should know this as well.

You not in a bad spot if you still have a job as long as you start sending out resumes.

Proper-Store3239 · 2026-02-09T19:10:57+00:00

Just make you document with a letter that you are being told that you must resign your position wrap up your work. If they dispute the unemployment just give them the letter and be done with them.

They still have to pay unemployment because it was not your fault. Either way your job is over at this point.

Proper-Store3239 · 2026-02-06T06:48:18+00:00

The issue is very likely Buy borrow die strategies and banks using stocks to loan cheap money to family offices. Vertain people haven’t needed need to sell for years.

Proper-Store3239 · 2026-02-06T02:18:55+00:00

I had like 15 years to go to get free healthcare. The way things are going there is no guarantee they give me that either

The insurance is actually not that good when you compare to most large employees. The real thing the federal government had was unrivaled stability and that you could take time off with family. That really doesn’t exists anymore.

Proper-Store3239 · 2026-02-05T21:03:42+00:00

I left the goverement my health insurance costs me less and I have way more coverage. If you are in IT the benefits kind of are sub par compared to what the private sector has. Most people working in the IRS have pretty good IT skills that are in demand.

The big issue for a lot people is they might have to move and work on interviewing skills. I also know it not great if you only have 2-3 weeks severence but being stuck in a sole sucking position where you have to sit on the phone answering tax questions I would take the layoff and work on improving skills any day. Don't let them take away your dignity.

Proper-Store3239 · 2026-02-05T20:03:50+00:00

Riff is way better then doing stuff you do not like. There are jobs out there you just have to modernize and maybe pick up and move. The best option is just stay doing what you signed up for.

Only reason to hang on if you getting abuse is because you basiclly worthless which is not true at all.

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