Mildly amusing software gore while trying to order a food delivery.

Unemployed again (redundancy) - job market for tech jobs as dire as ever - I swear it's gotten even worse since last time. Back to the walk of life.

I watched this documentary recently and I just had to post it here. From some of the posts I've seen, you may well recognise some of the experiences described within.

In short, it's about the Sonic '06 of the Spyro series and it's, to say the least, troubled development.

https://youtube.com/watch/...

Any time I'm new to a job - this does not just apply to tech.

That and lockdown - even without the unprecedented decline in working conditions, being under house arrest staring at a computer screen for hours on end made me seriously question whether IT was the right career for me for the first time. Before that, the answer was an unequivocal yes.

Wake me up when lockdown ends... https://theguardian.com/money/2023/...

In case the bottom falls out of my current employment, any ideas for a plan B in terms of a career path?

To actually do something this year. I'm in a much, much better place for it now. I actually found a job as a programmer which respects my space - this is why I haven't been here for a while. Any future rants will probably be about my own projects

I have been asking myself the same question for some time now.

I realised something today - music has been deployed on Friday for 7 years now.

Before lockdown, I was working in what was pretty much my dream job. Coding, problem-solving, listening to music on the company headsets, nights out, and even a work social holiday. With no university revision to complete, I had a lot more free time than I had prior and properly got back into playing video games and watching DVDs that I had been putting off, not to mention extra money.

Enter lockdown. All of this freedom was taken away by COVID-19. My living space had turned into a literal prison. All of my social connections had evaporated and work took over my life as there was no other life left to take away. Video calls through Electron-powered bloatware that breaks constantly do not count, no matter how much the lying companies behind it insist otherwise. Sure, my game consoles were still physically there but my productivity had rapidly drained away to the point that I was not completing nearly as much as I would in a full morning in a full day, so they went unused. My management were very understanding of this - they probably saw where I was mentally. By the time my contract finished, the project that I had started just before lockdown was so broken that they had to call me back to fix it before my company laptop was returned.

My enthusiasm for programming and technology was damaged considerably and at one point I swore I would never work in this industry again. I tried finishing my university course but it is, to this day (October 2022) still remote so I just left as I did not sign up for the Open University. May as well just watch YouTube as I learn far more that way and it doesn't slow down my computer nearly as much. I am slowly recovering - I've started working on personal projects again, my counselling appointment is next week, and - after a stint in fast food and away from the computer - I am once again looking for a programming job as a few of them have returned to a functioning workplace and I do miss the salary, though it has become very challenging to find anything to apply to - it's an absolute minefield out there in ways that were largely irrelevant before COVID-19.

My main non-dev hobby is listening to music - I've bought quite a lot of music as the world opened up again and it's taking up quite a bit of space. Might become a dev hobby once I get a media server set up but it's just more convenient for me to go in past my local record shop, pick up a CD, and press play.

Currently trying to find a programming job - seriously, why is everything still operating with a lockdown mindset as if there's no COVID-19 vaccine? I'm simply looking to work in an office 9-5 and go home at the end of the day, leaving work behind until the next day when I am refreshed, and not having remote colleagues badger me when I'm out of the office. This was standard before the pandemic and now impossible to find. Hybrid is not an option, work should never intrude into my home again after it's bruising (and lasting) effects on my mental health.

Does anyone know where I might find a job like this? I tried Goldman Sachs but they don't have any offices in my city.