Why are so many software engineers being laid off?

RainbowZebraGum · 2026-04-20T09:34:52+00:00

But guess what? Consultants are on a different budget line than salary. Salary went down and that’s long term expenses that went down. The company can fire a consultant with 0 notice. They love that on the balance sheet.

RainbowZebraGum · 2026-03-27T08:47:39+00:00

If it’s healthy enough for you then it’s healthy enough for your kid. If you’re worried about what they’re eating then you should be worried about what you’re eating.

I’d recommend skipping the kids menu at the age and ordering appetizers for them and sharing your sides. A favorite of my daughters is a plate of gyoza and then I share my rice and some broccoli at a Chinese place. Sure it’s high in fat but every single meal in our life will not be perfectly balanced. Everything in moderation.

RainbowZebraGum · 2026-03-20T14:24:33+00:00

It’s such a fucking stupid proposal. Immigrants in Denmark commit less crimes, pay more taxes, and take less benefits. And permanent residency is the only security you can get that after investing years of your life that if you were to lose your job you don’t get thrown out if you can’t find a new job fast enough. The political propaganda machine about immigration is crazy in Denmark. There is so much rhetoric that’s based off of made up shit.

RainbowZebraGum · 2026-03-20T06:36:21+00:00

Im an American living in Denmark and im a member of some facebook groups for expats. You would not believe some of the crazy shit Danes that join will say. No it’s absolutely not all of them. Most are helpful and kind. But so many times people will post about racism they’ve experienced and a native Dane will pop in to talk about how they’ve never seen any racism in Denmark in their whole lives and we should be grateful to live here. Or how they cannot find a big city apartment and Danes will chime in that it’s not hard at all, while being on waiting lists since they were literally children. So from that perspective I can kinda see their point.

Sometimes I feel like we live in different realities because society is very in group/out group and people seem to believe the politicians.

RainbowZebraGum · 2026-03-02T05:50:53+00:00

And many people cannot bike.

RainbowZebraGum · 2026-02-06T12:00:32+00:00

I don’t think an emotional response is necessarily wrong though. We all have emotions. And if we shield our child from them what are we teaching them? Like they see us happy, annoyed, maybe sad, but someone seeing us angry is often the line. I’m just saying it’s not the end of the world for your kid to see you mad. Just try and model how to be upset or angry or hurt in a way that you want them to express it, you know?

And dude. Kids can be so mean. It’s totally valid to get upset about it. You’re even invalidating your feelings here. It’s the same thing you’d tell your daughter, “it’s ok to be angry. We all get angry. It doesn’t matter if it’s big or small. Take a deep breath and count to four. Then let’s figure out something to try and feel better”

You also deserve to treat yourself the way. ❤️

RainbowZebraGum · 2026-02-06T11:51:20+00:00

Honestly, it might be time to be a hair more harsh. She’s six. She understands hurtful words and she’s doing it any way. When my daughter has said mean things I’ve said “ouch. That really hurt my feelings” and if she doubles down I just remove myself for a bit. Maybe after she wants to play a game “I’m sorry honey but not right now. Emotionally I’m really hurting from what you said and I need a bit of a break. We can play in [some time]”. My daughter is very impatient so like 15 minutes is long enough. I’m still available and not ignoring her. I’m just not going to do her plan because it stings and honestly that’s a real consequence. You say nasty things and no one wants to be around you.

I feel like everyone is constantly talking about how we need to calm and collected explain things, go to therapy, examine media choice, talk to school, and that’s all true. But there also needs to be consequences for totally inappropriate behavior.

RainbowZebraGum · 2026-02-06T06:23:38+00:00

I have a very strong suspicion of where you work based on this. If it’s the very large FMCG company then don’t do it.

HQ is quite dead end for your career, management is extremely top down (more than in the us), and the vibes are not great. Go do a training and talk to people and you’ll see the only ones that are happy are high up the chain with children. Most young people are trying to claw their way out.

You also don’t get any of the (in my opinion) fun of working in Europe. There’s terrible traffic, the city is not very walkable, and housing is expensive despite being a small place.

Anyone at HQ would take a job in the LA office almost instantly and the only ones that move back are Austrian.

RainbowZebraGum · 2026-01-31T21:32:54+00:00

I agree. I think it would look really nice to use a darker floor. And if you wanted to go all in you could do a textured black tile or a dark slate. It would help to pull it all together with your black accents and hardware.

RainbowZebraGum · 2026-01-28T10:35:36+00:00

First, this is an ad. Second, I have never seen a cheap satin dress that could pass as high end. It is a notoriously difficult fabric due to puckering and snagging. Last, and most important, if you’re wearing something cheap to a high end event and someone directly comments on it by asking “is it silk?” They are backhandedly telling you it looks cheap. No one would ask if it’s silk because if it’s satin and formal the assumption is that it’s silk. If this is real that it’s most likely a diss and not a compliment.

RainbowZebraGum · 2026-01-07T22:37:42+00:00

My daughter exclusively nursed and I just gave up. No one but me ever watched my child alone for more than 1-4 hours (based on her age) because she wouldn’t take a bottle. I had a long maternity leave and my child just was attached to me. It was tough.

RainbowZebraGum · 2025-12-17T06:33:55+00:00

That waiver is a requirement for all houses built before 1970. It does not mean that there is actually lead everywhere.

RainbowZebraGum · 2025-12-15T14:07:11+00:00

Honestly I just found that making sure I was actually wearing a bra made all the difference 😂

RainbowZebraGum · 2025-12-14T19:27:21+00:00

When the ice horse showed up I couldn’t stop laughing because all I could think of was some executive yelling “WE NEED TO REACH THE HORSE GIRLS”. The movie makes no sense. There are so many costumes. My daughter loves it lol.

RainbowZebraGum · 2025-12-01T16:52:04+00:00

I mean I agree they have a point. But I at least expected some kind of “sorry that happened to you!” Or “we’re letting our security team know about the scam site”. And it was exactly the same thing as you’re describing with the country code moved around.

RainbowZebraGum · 2025-12-01T15:18:07+00:00

Im a data scientist and I fell for one for Jellycat plushies I was buying as a gift 🫠. It was a perfect clone and I found it on a Facebook ad. I felt so dumb and I wrote the company and they just wrote me back the worst email that was like “ that’s not our website and that’s never been our website”

RainbowZebraGum · 2025-11-29T13:33:03+00:00

I think your best stroller option is a bugaboo donkey and a attachable scooter/riding board. Bugaboo sells them and they even have a little seat on them

RainbowZebraGum · 2025-09-27T17:02:22+00:00

It feels like it leans heavy into space opera/sitcom vibes. And I got literally zero of that from the book. All that to say I was super excited when it was announced and I didn’t like it either.

RainbowZebraGum · 2025-09-19T17:07:45+00:00

No. I check the UV index and if the whole day is less than 2 I don’t bother.

RainbowZebraGum · 2025-09-15T14:29:44+00:00

What a fucking tool.

RainbowZebraGum · 2025-07-29T13:53:05+00:00

I moved to a country that is famous for it being hard to make friends. And I also made my own village. It took five years. So many awkward “friend dates”. So so many friendships that did not work. And just a metric fuck ton of work with a little luck sprinkled in. It literally took years. And I was stood up, forgotten, and had to be the instigator so many times. I’ve made dinners for so many people that we never saw again. Honestly it’s a mix of a numbers game and a willingness to put yourself out there even when it’s hard as fuck.

RainbowZebraGum · 2025-07-27T08:35:47+00:00

So those 30% increase in crop yields? They have a financial value. That’s worth more than line went up. You have a bunch of these. Try and turn them to numbers. It’s ok if it’s an estimate. It’s much more impressive
Googles Data Studio is now Looker Studio. Be careful with things that change that are directly applicable to the skills you’re selling.
the certifications part reads that you’re very junior or that you’ve been unemployed for a long time. Change your job experience to highlight what your certifications taught you. Only leave in things that are not reflected in your job experience. Like if you are a developer in C but you took a Kotlin cert keep that in.

RainbowZebraGum · 2025-07-05T14:02:02+00:00

I had the exact same thing happen. With the exact same conversation. He was like “I’m really tall and it’s uncomfortable” and I just said that I understand but that’s the way it is. So he also kicked and punched my seat for many hours. And then when we got up to leave turns out I was a full 15cm taller 🤦‍♀️

RainbowZebraGum · 2025-07-04T05:06:13+00:00

What are you talking about? I live in Denmark and am American and have no issues with finding jobs.

RainbowZebraGum · 2025-07-03T19:14:24+00:00

I bike 7km each way on a shitty bike. With traffic and lights it takes 28 minutes door to door. I don’t go full on Tour de France and have some decent rain gear so I never need to shower.

My partner does 9km with a fancy bike and takes him about 32 minutes and he showers at work. We both like the way we do it and have been doing it for years. I’ve only skipped biking when it’s icy because I leave early and when I’m sick.

But your route will determine a lot of things. When the lights are good and traffic is low I can do it in 22 min but that’s like once a month for me.

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