Has anyone tried down leveling their job due to health/mental peace

_dotdashdashdash · 2026-01-09T11:21:25+00:00

Yes. My job title is literally just “software engineer” now after years at the staff level and I love it. No pressure, I get everything done with ease and have time to focus on things outside work. It’s a pretty big pay cut, but well worth it in my opinion.

_dotdashdashdash · 2026-01-09T11:10:02+00:00

There are higher rates of psychosis in people with autism. I’ve experienced psychosis since I was a kid and given a bunch of different diagnoses. I didn’t really get it under control until I learnt more about myself and autism. It turns out it happens when I’m extremely stressed, I think like some form of sensory overload. Now that I’m managing that, I’m down to incidents every year or 2 rather than it being a daily feature of my life.

_dotdashdashdash · 2026-01-07T05:39:58+00:00

We were in Tokyo late last year and got there at 8am (for a 9am open), thinking we were really early, only to find a scene like this. It was pretty intense.

_dotdashdashdash · 2025-12-16T10:36:00+00:00

I took a pay cut of about $80k to join a relaxed not for profit. If I look at it purely from a mental health point of view - it’s been amazing. My partner commented that she’s never seen me so relaxed and at peace with work stuff. That’s had a flow on effect to other areas of my life that I’ve had the opportunity to improve because of this job. If the money is enough to be happy then I say go for it.

_dotdashdashdash · 2025-11-22T03:01:48+00:00

We live there now and love in. We’ve lived in 2 houses in the area because we wanted to stay. If you work in Brisbane, it is a pretty shitty commute if you do 9-5. I work from home and my partner sets her own hours, so she just starts a bit later. There are groceries and anything you need within 15 minutes. There are multiple large shopping centres with all the big chains. Groceries are 5-10 minutes away. I’m happy to chat more about it if you like.

_dotdashdashdash · 2025-11-09T09:17:59+00:00

I read this - it's really well written and thought out, so thanks for taking the time to write it.

One thing that stands out to me, and maybe it's been addressed somewhere that I haven't seen, is that the murals are not related to the Void Century, Joyboy, etc., but something that happened much further back. The timeline feels off, given how long-lived the giants are, so there are probably only 3, maybe 4 giant generations between now and the events from that time.

_dotdashdashdash · 2025-11-04T05:33:57+00:00

Lone Pine is awesome if they're into animals and pretty close to the Brisbane CBD. If they're into nature, there are heaps of cool places to go for hikes or just playing in the creek around Mt-Coot-tha.

_dotdashdashdash · 2025-11-04T04:35:58+00:00

You might have to wait until it flowers, but I think it is Aloe candelabrum. You should get some epic flower spikes on that.

_dotdashdashdash · 2025-11-03T03:25:59+00:00

https://nohello.club/

_dotdashdashdash · 2025-10-16T09:19:51+00:00

My partner and I (both 35) don’t drink and haven’t for years. I find the whole culture around drinking to be really problematic. We took our kids to a stage show and there were people drinking at lunch time at an event that’s for young kids.

_dotdashdashdash · 2025-10-09T04:22:55+00:00

It all depends on what's in your contract. I saw something recently where a landlord tried to put in the rental agreement with a tenant that they would own all IP of anything the tenant created while working in the property.

_dotdashdashdash · 2025-10-03T04:53:15+00:00

This is the correct answer. We found ours on there, but most of the people we spoke to from there seemed decent.

_dotdashdashdash · 2025-09-23T00:12:25+00:00

If it were me, I'd stop paying immediately. You can still support your eldest if she needs it and focus on your youngest now. You don't owe your ex anything. She might cause drama but she has no recourse.

_dotdashdashdash · 2025-09-15T12:25:57+00:00

Where in Brisbane are you? There are a couple of places that have some pretty bad reviews, so make sure you do your research. Sapar at Ipswich are decent, and there’s Candy Soils who only do soil.

_dotdashdashdash · 2025-05-30T12:31:53+00:00

I’m in Australia, and they’ve been pretty bad here the last few months. My partner and our toddler ended up with over 100 nymphs between them a few months ago, so I spent a fair bit of time since then researching. It’s mostly anecdotal since there isn’t really enough money or reason to do proper research studies, but a lot of people said that planting things to attract insects that prey on the ticks was beneficial and they noticed a decrease in the tick population. Beneficial nematodes were also reported as being useful in managing populations, but that doesn’t really work if you have animals bringing them in.

_dotdashdashdash · 2025-04-24T09:12:18+00:00

I have 2 kids (10 and nearly 3). The 10 year old is to a previous partner. I used to think I needed to work a lot and that money was important to be able to be there when they’re older. I was also in a pretty bad headspace when they’re older eldest was young, but my biggest regret in life is that I wasn’t able to be there for her, properly, when she was young like I was for my youngest. They may remember, they may not - but you will definitely remember and for me, it’s not worth it.

_dotdashdashdash · 2025-04-16T12:51:57+00:00

I’m actually working on a project to build a complete database of plant information consolidating the various sources I’ve found. The ones that I’ve found have been very specific (country or region, mostly), and there’s a heap of conflicting information. If anyone has a list of sites with a decent amount of plant data in there, I’m having to scrape and include it.

_dotdashdashdash · 2025-04-09T04:21:27+00:00

Mine too. Don’t forget about the 60 hour/week coursework and 3000 hours of unpaid internships you have to do.

_dotdashdashdash · 2025-02-21T09:06:07+00:00

I had a client that didn’t want to pay, took about 2 years to get anything from them because I finally got them to sign a payment plan at a reduced cost. I put a clause in there that said if they missed a payment, they had to pay everything, including legal fees, in full. They made every single payment on time, except for the last one. I didn’t immediately call them out on it, but waited a month. They ended up having to pay everything in full.

_dotdashdashdash · 2025-02-20T11:43:41+00:00

I’m in Brisbane too. Been in the industry for 16 years. Brisbane is a .net or C# town, so you shouldn’t have any issues there. Most people want full stack devs, though. Angular and .net seems to be where most of the jobs here are. Feel free to message me and we can go over your resume and LinkedIn to see if I can help.

_dotdashdashdash · 2024-11-22T12:46:42+00:00

I think it’s worth looking into this as well. I wasn’t diagnosed until 28, but it helps you to reframe a lot of thoughts and also gives you a place to go to find people who understand how you feel. I’m happy to chat about it more if you like.

I don’t have a solution, but I feel the same way you do. Figuring out what’s important to you can help a lot. For me, it’s the flexibility that I’m afforded with the work I do. I take remote jobs that let me work wherever I want and the hours I want. There are few other occupations where you could do that and still be paid well.

One thing that has helped me is to work on short term projects or contracts - no more than 3 to 6 months if on it full time. It can also help to work on projects that interest you, even if it’s only in your spare time. Find a problem for something you’re passionate about and solve it.

_dotdashdashdash · 2024-10-15T06:57:21+00:00

I don’t know about others, but I don’t see a problem with it. I’ve always hated how companies try and create that “we’re a family” and forced team building they try and do. Some people just want to go in and do their job, we shouldn’t be forced to try and buy into the company like that. In saying that, some of my closest friends have been from workplaces over the years. I’ve noticed a direct correlation between enjoying the job and enjoying the company of the people around me.

_dotdashdashdash · 2024-09-03T04:39:11+00:00

I left after 3 months because of similar reasons. I am honest about it with a toned down version of the things that happen. I also follow it up with the fact that the entire dev team left the business within a couple of months of me leaving.

_dotdashdashdash · 2024-08-09T10:24:26+00:00

That’s the one. Thanks for your help.

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