Even without the politics, the Peter Principle all but guarantees incompetent leaders.

It’s always good to hear that there are still people who see fair treatment!

Your field can make a difference, but I think it really depends on the breadth of your skillset, timing, luck and location if you’re an office drone.

This happened to me several years ago, and the conditions weren’t the best because I had recently decided to change careers. I had low experience in my chosen field, but it ended up being worth the pain.

Doing well now, and the combination of career experience opened a lot of doors. Mom would be proud! :)

No time to talk! I’m in latex now.

I unironically pondered this approach, but came to the realization that the background checkers would still see a gap. (And that it wouldn’t create intrigue as much as it would frustrate the interviewer.)

Appreciated. This happened many years ago, so I’m used to my new normal.

I posted this here because I was going through my exported posts/comments from reddit, and realized that I have a ton of intellectual property that I feel can be shared with others without their involvement.