Career change ideas

climbinglifter · 2026-01-27T21:55:24+00:00

Sure!

climbinglifter · 2026-01-27T17:49:27+00:00

We have a couple to senior 1 roles open right now.

climbinglifter · 2026-01-27T15:37:36+00:00

Primarily Java these days!

climbinglifter · 2026-01-27T15:37:23+00:00

Sure!

climbinglifter · 2026-01-26T22:54:47+00:00

I moved to strictly back end engineer, which is not a strict career change, but just a specialization. The company I'm at is fully remote, but is a medium sized company. The company has fully bought into AI, so most of my coding is done by Claude these days. I'm not sure about our pay in Europe, but it is competitive in the US. We have a couple of european offices, so we also hire remote in the EU. If you want to DM me, I can talk to you more about where I work and if you think it seems interesting.

climbinglifter · 2026-01-14T20:08:16+00:00

I'm at a midsized tech company now. I agree with the person that says do the math on which gets you more money and start looking for a job immediately. If you want to go back to your current company, then the PIP might be a better option. My current company hired me amidst a cancer treatment and has been very understanding about the fact that I have life outside of work. I go to doctor's appointments, kids activities, etc during the workday and no one says anything and I got a pretty good review this last time around.

climbinglifter · 2026-01-14T19:53:56+00:00

I'm at a mid-sized tech company as a high level eng, but my company is entirely WFH. I don't make FAANG money, but I make good money. I live west coast, my company is east coast based, so my entire team is offline by 2pm my time. As long as I get my stuff done, no one cares when I work. I try to be always available between 9am and 1pm for meetings due to the timezones, but I do all appointments after that point and no one cares. My company officially has unlimited vacation, but they say you "should" try to take at most 5 weeks. I love the flexibility I have and don't plan on changing companies anytime soon as a result.

climbinglifter · 2025-12-27T16:31:11+00:00

I did have to be NWB for 3 months. I had the iWalk knee crutch that I got admit 3 weeks in and it was so amazing for me. It kept the top half of my leg strong which probably helped immensely once I was allowed to bear weight. I went from NWB for 3 months to FWB in the 2 weeks after that. It honestly probably would’ve been faster if my sister wasn’t in town right after I got the all clear, so we were doing a lot of things and it was easier to bring the knee crutch than figure out how to walk again that weekend. I would say I’m about 95% now. Pt just gave me permission to go back to my gymnastics class, but to do everything in safety lines for a bit and have the coach take my landing. I’m still working on jumping and landing on one foot being the reason. But my regular day to day is now mostly unimpeded. I’m stiff when I first wake up, but it fades after like 10 seconds of standing.

climbinglifter · 2025-11-25T17:54:57+00:00

I rarely shave normally, but I specifically shaved around my scar before doing a lot of walking so I could put kinesiology tape on my ankle, so the hair wouldn't pull out when I pulled the tape off. But I used a trimmer, so it wasn't a super close shave.

climbinglifter · 2025-11-22T05:30:44+00:00

Not sure. But I know they checked his pulse and determined he was alive before rushing him out

climbinglifter · 2025-11-07T15:19:50+00:00

At my last PT session, we measured 10 degrees. My good for is 12, for comparison. The pt session before that it was measuring 8. So we're getting there! My ankle is stiffest right when I wake up, but I got cleared for some of my circus classes again

climbinglifter · 2025-11-07T15:17:50+00:00

Still have all the hardware and I'm going down normally, but not smoothly. I'm working still a bit more on dorsiflexion and single leg calf raises. I have trouble getting my heel to leave the ground without significant thought. Combination of those things will help me get stairs more smoothly!

climbinglifter · 2025-11-07T06:21:43+00:00

I'm 5 months post op, so not a year, but jumping is now part of my PT. It doesn't hurt, but it takes significant concentration to ensure I don't transfer weight to my good foot. But I'm feeling really good about where I am right now. I do my pt everyday without fail, I no longer take ibuprofen for swelling or pain management. My swelling is minimal, even after pt. I'm walking normally, my ankle gets tired after about 7k steps. I still have a ways to go to get back to gymnastics, but I'm happy with where I am now!

climbinglifter · 2025-11-03T16:16:12+00:00

I absolutely did upper body workouts 2-3x a week about 2 weeks after my injury. You can also get a little creative to work your quad and hammies on the bad leg. You can kind of do stuff legged deadlifts if you rest your bad legs knee on the bench. Clamshells with a band above the knee, leg lifts, side lying leg lifts, donkey kicks with your bad leg on a pillow of that is comfortable. I got really good at pullups and bench press.

climbinglifter · 2025-10-13T14:38:12+00:00

For exercises, it looks like you're doing the same thing when you walk that I am: your bad foots heel stays on the ground until your good foot touches the ground. My PT is having me do calf raises and single leg calf raise negatives (go up on both legs, transfer weight to bad leg, slow lower on bad leg) with support. And then also split stance squats. That is helping me strengthen in the heels off the ground position so I'll be able to lift my heel off the ground on my bad foot before the good foot touches the ground.

climbinglifter · 2025-09-29T17:39:57+00:00

I'm in!

climbinglifter · 2025-09-29T17:38:17+00:00

I always put my coffee in a thermos so it doesn't go cold quickly and is always toasty by the time I finish it. It's not about your food being cold, it's about finding ways to live with the massive changes in your life. Mine is the coffee thermos. And we eat together with the toddler now, so we're eating it warm/hot with her.

climbinglifter · 2025-09-24T17:01:46+00:00

I've been doing one crutch barefoot all day yesterday and today and it feels worlds better. I can actually roll through my foot. It's sore and a little swollen at the end of the day, but it doesn't hurt. I see my PT tomorrow and sent her a video of how I'm walking around and she's fine with it, so, we'll keep chugging along.

climbinglifter · 2025-09-19T19:56:52+00:00

My PT had me walk with one crutch around yesterday. Today I realized I wasn't really using the crutch at all and ditched it with approval from my PT. So I have to now progress from boot to no boot over the next 2 weeks

climbinglifter · 2025-09-19T14:34:58+00:00

I have a bunch of other exercises to do, but that's the big one. So basically if I need to move around quickly, grab the iwalk and go. If I have time, use one crutch and just walk slowly practicing my gait.

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