So me and a few coworkers were staff aug (SA). I ended up in the hospital with life threating complications and while going through surgeries they came to us and said all SA will become full service employees (FSE) or be fired in November. I ended up with a $20K pay cut and my office mate ended up with about a $50K pay cut, but we both accepted because we both really like the job and have the best boss in the world.

Well boss came in this past Monday and turned in his two weeks notice. I start my first day as a FSE on Monday and they want me to interview (take his position). Since I was a senior advisor my pay is the same as that level manager. So taking his position would be in title only, more responsibility, and 4 days a week onsite (currently full remote). My office mate is a lower lvl employee so the manager position would give him about a $30K bump so he would only lose out on $20K from our SA position.

Being that I was staff aug my boss and I never really revealed my sickness to anyone, I just disappeared and did my work from home/hospital. So my question is on monday when I go get my new badge for FSE and I have to meet with the directors, how do I deflect the promotion to my office mate without coming right out and saying I don't have the health to be on site 4 days a week and want to continue working remote and you are not giving me anymore money? Also I am not sure my office mate is next in line for the position and I would really hate to pass up and our group gets disbanded and I get sent somewhere else. Not sure if it's cool to just go in and say give it to my mate, if he doesn't want it then I will take it to hold the group together. I know my mate really wants it so that's not an issue.

Hey, I’m 33F UK, and at a tech agency. I’ve been at the company 4 months and work 2 days in the office and 3 days remote.

However, in the space of a month, my manager asked me to travel to London from Halifax (2.5 hours each way) stay overnight for different reasons, conference, pitch, client meeting then come back. This has been 1 week then a week off sick and then a further two weeks. But then I’m still expected to come into the office an hour away for the mandatory office days and I’m burnt out already.

Do I even bring this up because I’m on probation and if so how can I word it gently?

I'm 50, with an MS in Computer Science and a long background in technical project and program management. At two different companies (one an expense-software SaaS), I was ranked in the top 2 of 25–30 PMs. My pay peaked around $250K.
I've been job hunting for about 2 years. Mass applying got me almost zero interviews. Two weeks ago I changed my approach and got one TPM interview (didn't advance) .

My target is TPM or program manager roles at $100K+, remote or in any city in US. I'm open to relocating.
For anyone who got back into tech PM in their late 40s or 50s, or after a long gap:
What actually got you interviews: referrals, contract roles, recruiters, certifications?
Is contract or contract-to-hire the fastest way back in?
Any honest advice appreciated.

In August I got a job, but then I did quit just after 2 weeks because of some issues about me being autistic. The manager told me several times, or implied, that I looked slow/stupid and told me that I needed to look more engaged and proactive, or the company could have terminate my conctract. And the coworkers made jokes about me being weird and asocial. These things had already happened in previous jobs, and this really made me depressed and anxious, so I decided I would not endure that kind of stuff anymore. Then I applied for this warehouse job, but nothing changed.

After leaving I applied only to delivery driver jobs, but there aren't many in my area, and I only sent 10 resumes in over 2 months. Then I got 1 interview and was rejected. Are there other jobs with minimal engagement with management and coworkers?

I started this job four months ago. I liked it in the first few weeks, but honestly the company wishes are NOT compatible with the output that can be delivered in my position. I talked about it with co-workers and my manager, but they don’t seem to understand where the issues are with this (new) position.

Last week I was so fed up that I, after thinking about it for weeks, applied to a new job. It felt so great that I applied to a few more. I don’t see a future for me at this company since in the current state of this job I cannot grow or learn, I am only putting out fires that are out of my control.

But if I were to leave, I would leave with a lot of guilt. My manager and team are really great, and they all have a lot of faith in me and keep pressing on how much they appreciate me. Also I got a more expensive laptop than anyone in the company since I run heavy programs for my job, and got some other expensive gear as well. All and all I’ve cost them about 4K in stuff that I needed for my job. I’d hate to leave after they got me all this stuff, since they had to push really hard with finance to get all this stuff for me.

I know I can’t stay out of guilt, but I keep hoping it’ll get better even though it’s not looking like it will anytime soon.

Any advice?

Hi everyone, I'm a 3rd-year (5th sem) CS student in India aiming for an AI/LLM internship.

My problem: I can build small projects, but I get stuck when moving to production-grade ones. I switch between LLM fine-tuning (LoRA/QLoRA) and RAG systems, and end up with nothing finished to show. When I get stuck, I lean on AI tools to solve it, so I'm not sure I'm really learning the hard parts.

Background: Hugging Face, FastAPI, Transformers, basic RAG. No polished project yet.

My questions:

What does "production-grade" mean for an intern-level project? (evaluation, Docker, logging, deployment?)

What skills are companies hiring interns for right now in LLM/AI?

Can you share example repos or projects that would impress you?

Startups, product companies, or research labs: where should I apply first?

How do I stop starting new things and actually finish one?

Happy to share my resume for feedback.

I genuinely don’t know if I’m looking for career advice, a reality check, or someone to tell me I’m not insane lol.
I’m 27F and currently a Director. I graduated from a top business school and have had what I think is a relatively successful career on paper. I’ve worked my way up pretty quickly, make good money, manage people, and generally think I’m pretty good at what I do.
The problem is that I am absolutely MISERABLE. And the worst part is that this isn’t the first job where I’ve felt this way.
I’ve worked at a few different companies now, mostly in startups or smaller organizations, and I feel like every single job eventually becomes this all-consuming source of anxiety. I wake up anxious, spend the entire day anxious, and then spend my evenings thinking about everything that happened at work or everything that could possibly go wrong tomorrow. I literally dread going to sleep because it means I have to wake up and do it all over again.
For some context, my current job is particularly intense, I feel like I’m constantly under pressure, constantly being told what I could be doing better, and rarely feel like anything I do is actually good enough.
But I’m also starting to wonder how much of this is me.
I’ve had similar feelings at previous jobs. Different bosses, different companies, different responsibilities, but somehow I always end up feeling overwhelmed, anxious, and like I’m failing. I know I have anxiety. I’m not pretending that my own tendencies aren’t contributing to this but I also don’t think it’s normal to feel this miserable about work all the time?
I’m starting to wonder if I’ve spent my entire career climbing a ladder I don’t even want to be on.
I don’t particularly care about becoming a VP or CMO. I don’t need to be the most important person in the room. I like solving problems, building processes, analyzing performance, and making things work better.

What I absolutely hate is the constant urgency, the pressure to drive revenue every single day, the ambiguity, the endless scrutiny of performance, and feeling like I’m personally responsible every time a number moves in the wrong direction.

I’m married, we recently bought a house, and I’d like to start a family in the next few years. I just want to have a job that pays me well, that I’m good at, and that I can actually leave at work when the day is over. I don’t want my entire identity or emotional well-being to revolve around my career anymore.

I guess my questions are:
Has anyone else been successful on paper but consistently miserable at work? Did you eventually find a job you were happy in, or did you realize you needed to change something about yourself?

I think my biggest fear is leaving this job, finding another one, and realizing six months later that I’m just as miserable because the common denominator has always been me.

I'm 29 and currently making around $54k managing operations at a hotel. Applied for a resort operations manager position and somehow made it through three interviews.

The offer is $95k plus free accommodation, which sounded almost too good.

Then they explained the winter arrangement. The resort closes to guests for 4 months and whoever holds this position stays on the property alone to oversee maintenance, check for storm damage and coordinate contractors when needed.

It's a large property on a lake, about an hour from the nearest proper town. They casually mentioned the previous manager left halfway through winter because he couldn't handle the isolation.

My family thinks I'm insane for even considering it. I see a chance to nearly double my salary and finally get a general manager title on my resume.

Has anyone taken a career opportunity this unusual and actually benefited from it? Or am I getting distracted by the salary and ignoring a massive red flag?

I don’t know what to do anymore and I need to get this out. I’m stuck in hospitalty and it’s ruining my mental and physical help. I am so tired of being exploited. I’m on the brinck of a burn out all the time. My degree is in arts and I don’t have any other work experience. I’ve tried changing fields. But no one seems to see my transferablle skills. I’m so tired of being made to work while sick. Or if I call in sick not being paid and then being broke the next month. I can’t do this anymore but I need to pay my rent. When I go to HR about the problems they don’t do anything. In London there’s no union for hospitality. I’m so tired of making money for some rich couple and barely living myself. How do I get out of hospitality?

Hello,

After a job loss, I've been trying very hard to get back into the workforce for the past 3 years. Yes, a little over 3 years. No luck. I'm 60-plus and looking for contact/call center jobs.

What are the chances of being employed in any job that will help me earn money for 50- and 60-plus workers and professionals like me?

This past year I’ve been slowly getting worse and worse performance reviews from my managers. It suck’s cause I used to get nothing but positive reviews and I don’t think I’m acting that differently. But regardless it’s really wrecked my mood. I feel very ashamed and angry and just worthless as a person. I feel really worried about falling into poverty in the future due to my inability to earn a strong income that seems needed these days.

So I’m curious has anyone ever gone through this and recovered? Is it true that you only get one shot at your career and if the trajectory is wrong your doomed to a low income life? How did you recover if you went through this? I’m 29 now so I’m pretty old to be “exploring” different career options and don’t really know what to do.

Any help is really appreciated please be kind.

25F Moving to Aus from the UK on PR visa, able to apply for full citizenship within 90 days of arriving.
Currently a teacher in the UK (degree qualified) absolutely hate it, the pressure, low pay, emotional burn out, behaviour etc.
Looking to change careers when I arrive and at the moment I have 2 options:
Msc in Environmental Science (I want to work in conservation and ecology not consulting).
Join the ADF as an officer (hydrology/intelligence) but it will take me about 3 years before being able to join after arriving in Aus, I need to wait 12 months before applying and I can see recruitment rakes a long time which means I don’t know what to do for work in between.

Questions:

I have read a mixture of things about environmental science in Aus, is there a good market for conservation? I want to decide if I should do the Msc or not because in the UK these kind of jobs are great I’m not sure about Aus.

Any job recommendations while I wait to try and get into the ADF not education based?

Any other job options I could go into?

A candidate is currently at around $720K, working remotely in an HCOL area. They’re considering an offer of around $1.55M at a frontier lab that requires relocating to SF.

Offer: around $360K + $1.19M in equity.

They already work in the LLM space, but the frontier lab has more interesting work. What’s the potential upside following an Anthropic/OpenAI IPO?

Around 7.5 YOE + PhD.

My major is in Integrated Marketing Communications. This prepares one for roles in fields such as copywriting, marketing, advertising, and public relations. I've realized (too late) that most of these jobs don't necessarily require a degree and the ceiling on earnings often isn't too high.

I'm studying for the LSAT to see if I could get into law school, but from what I hear, a lot if lawyers outside of big law barely make six figures. I'm set to graduate with a 3.0 GPA, so even if I have an excellent LSAT, it'd be hard to get into a law school with a big law pipeline.

If I could do it over, I'd major in something STEM related. I've thought about maybe trying to do a masters in engineering or even going to Physican's Assistant school. The thing is, both of those would require me to take a year's worth of math and science courses at a community college because my degree only required very basic math and science courses.

I know many people will tell me to pick a path that I enjoy. I get that this is important, but part of me feels like work is work, no job is ever going to be "fun" all the time. I really just want to make as much money as I can.

I feel even more uneasy about all this considering I am a few years older than most are when they receive their undergrad degree. I know 25 is still young, but I still feel so behind.

So should I go to law school or make the pivot to healthcare or STEM?

Skip to "current Dilemma" if u don't want background info.

Current schooling and how I feel:

Currently in 1/4 of the semesters in nursing school. Not really struggling academically but motivationally I'm burnt. Started clinicals at the beginning of the semester and realized I don't want to take care of people when their in a rough state and I don't wanna be responsible for their health. I feel burdened that the knowledge I have is gonna affect them severely. Currently, the clinical aspect isn't bad and ik what im supposed to do and what not to do but again im only going to get more indepedent throughout the program.

Why'd I do nursing?

Originally wanted to pursue compsci, but my dad is sr IT engineer and he said lay offs are rampant and that I should do healthcare. I've done CAD before in highschool and java so I know some stuff, but I'm not as good at math compared to science (aced my science classes in college with little study). Decided to do nursing bc I dont wanna become a doctor and i'll stick with it until im a NP so I make decent money. I do love health care tho. Anatomy and physiology is my favorite subject besides cad. It's js the theory aspect of nursing is so much different compared to the

Thoughts on maybe continuing nursing:

Honestly, I was thinking of sticking with nursing but the wfh possibilities for it are more clinical related and again I don't want to be in charge of someone's health if possible (maybe i might feel less averse to this as i finish the semester). Also, majority of job postings I've seen show that they require 1-3 years clinical experience before applying for a wfh nursing role.clinical part.

Current Dilemma:

What do I do. I wanna switch to something that atleast has a ceiling of 110k thats reachable within 5 years of experience (post bachelors) , wfh easy potential, and if possible minimal math. Please gimme any advice on what career paths fit my criteria.

Job/research/experiences:

2 years tutor, 1/2 year lab tech, 1 year microbio research, dental internship (one month), and BLS

No careers interest me at all. the one hobby I can think of that I do semi like is art, but I'm not sure how to make that into a decent career. I'm not great at it, and I know it's probably competitive, and now with AI idek if there will be a future with art. I know everyone says architecture but I hate math so that's not an option.

I've been an account coordinator at a marketing agency for almost 4 years. Last week I ran into a client at an industry event who looked genuinely shocked to see me. He said my manager told him I'd left the company months ago.

Thought it was some weird misunderstanding until I contacted another client I used to work with. Same story.

Confronted my manager and he admitted he'd been telling certain clients I was no longer with the company because he wanted communication going directly through him. Apparently it was easier than explaining our internal restructuring.

The crazy part is there was no restructuring. I'm still doing the same job, sitting 20 feet away from him every day.

I'm now wondering how many professional relationships he's damaged without me knowing.

Would you take this straight to HR or start looking elsewhere? I'm worried about what else he's been saying about me.

I'm 28F. I work in a creative tech role and I was laid off yesterday for the 4th time only after working there for 8 months due restructuring. I had 3 other roles in the past.

First role- 1.5 years- Laid off due to restructure
Second role - 6 months - Laid off due to major restructure
Third role - 1 year - Left role due to bad decision I made. I should never have taken the role in the first place.

I have somewhere to fall back since I live with family, but that also means dating prospects are down the toilet and I don't have a lot of friends. I'm focusing on reevaluating my path right now. But I wanted to make this post to just get it out of my system and ask for honest advice. What should I do?

Got any advice?

EDIT: You're welcome to roast me and insult me. I get that people here can be negative so it's welcome. But I will be deleting the post eventually

4 person team. Everyone but me was in some sort of meeting.

For context, I was recently reorged to this new position. There's an okay bit of training but not much guidance. Everyone's got a heavy workload.

I've very clearly stressed, overwhelmed, and struggling to pick things up.

What can I do? I really want to quit because I feel incompetent and am not getting the support I need. I also think that's better than getting fired.

I'm a college student and am looking for a job to have while I finish up school. I am a business major, and am thinking about getting a job that could help me build some basic experience while taking classes. I have retail experience currently and would be open to pretty much any field related to my major to try it out. I just struggle finding any entry level job that isn't just basic minimum wage work like being a cashier. I want something that can at least give me some experience for a more advanced or higher paying job in the future.

Greetings all,

After a layoff this month I am in the position of job searching again after 11 years. After finding a position that would be a great fit with a company I would love to work for, I applied to the position and messaged the attached recruiter, referencing my friend who works for the same company (they are a manager in a completely different department). While the recruiter never responded to my message, my friend did say they talked to the recruiter and that they would be pulling my resume to send along to the hiring manager.

Since it has been about a week since I applied and I have not received any messages from the recruiter, I was wondering if there would be any benefit to sending the recruiter a follow up message? The job is still actively being recruited for and this is a busy time of year for the department so my friend did say that the hiring process may be slow. I also noticed that the recruiter did take their name off the position so it may be sign that they don't want people reaching out.

Not quite sure if it's the right group...But yeah could anymore give me some suggestions on how to find a part time in 🇨🇭to survive? My family cut off the financial support and I have to earn some money by myself right now! I tried walking in to apply for jobs in the restaurants, hotels, gift shops and other retail stores, people are very friendly and helpful, but most of the times I was still told to apply online. Without speaking German and French, also not have many years in the hospitality industry, actually I was quite confused, if the result of walk in is still apply online, I'm wondering how can I stand out among heaps of resumes? I haven't got a yes till the moment. Should I keep walking in? Or it takes several months to get a part time? Is there another way to find a part time? If it's not possible to find a part time in a month or two, I'm thinking maybe I should go back my home country before totally broke...Again, I'm kind of confused right now, could anyone give me some suggestions perhaps? Or do you know any kind of part time opportunities I could try? Thank you in advance for taking the time to read.

Hey all, I’m currently in a nursing degree. I went into it because I had decent grades in high school. And I came from a very low income family (to the point where I used food banks to rely on food), so I needed the financial stability.

I’m extremely passionate about creative writing and art (mostly fiction). When I was a teen, I published some of my work in a few books, I’ve done presentations for the United Nations, and even worked at a creative writing nonprofit since I was 15 as a writer.

All this has really strengthened me to want to go into creative writing. However, despite all this great success, I still struggle with food on the table, rent, and basic necessities. I am currently in nursing school and feel like my soul is slowly dying daily. I feel like I’m wasting my potential here, and I’d be much happier and thriving in writing.

I could be improving on my craft, not memorizing things I don’t really care about. I’m not sure if I should stay in nursing. My family says to keep writing as a side hustle/passion/hobby, but I feel really depressed in nursing. The 12 hour shifts, the sacrifice on my body, the wasted time, it feels like too high a cost for a stable life where my needs are met.

I don’t know what to do. I feel like I’m at a crossroads where I could do what I love, grow, and learn as a person (in creative writing), or be financially stable and content with my finances (as a nurse).

Hi there. I am currently contemplating switching my job and starting over, but I am unsure if it is a good move. (This is the obvious caveat that I will have a job lined up before quitting).

Currently i make 24.50 working as a medical receptionist. Im certified, ive been at my company for almost 5 years (January). However, I am going to graduate school part time, and they have not been terribly accommodating with this. Ive been denied slimming down my schedule (i work mandatory 40hrs a week, no option for prn or part time and my boss soon wants me to travel to outreach 1-3 hrs away). I never feel like i can actually take pto without it being denied or some snarky comment. I recently adjusted my hours and my boss proceeded to chew me out for returning to my normal scheduled time because she wanted to give my old schedule to the new hire (even though I was in a trial run of a new schedule that didnt pan out).

In January I reach my 5 years at the company, and get an additional week of PTO and potentially a pay raise (which i might not see until March/april). I am wondering if it is work keeping up with the headache of my current position or finding a job that is both closer to home and/or pays more. My only other worry is the aforementioned graduate school--where im a bit nervous of starting a new job close to my finals. What would you do in my situation?

I need to know if i should continue doing Pre calculus which i know i need bc i want to do something in the medical field.

Choosing pre calculus, i thought i would be able to do it, I’ve always been good at math, unfortunately ever since joining online school, i have fallen greatly behind and pre calculus being extremely hard, its only furthered my lack of academic performance.
Every time i do pre- calculus, I’ve had to use AI which disappoints me greatly. I have made a plan to get back on track with all my online courses but the thought of doing pre calculus sends me into a spiral its far to hard for my current ability
(Keep in mind that i’ve just came to this country recently and haven’t done any type of math 1 year prior.)
My main idea as to why i want to switch is bc i want to step down a level and re- introduce myself to math then work my way up to pre- calculus

Now, I’m wondering if i should switch to Workplace math for this year, and since i still want to do medicine, I’m also wondering if I’m able to do Workplace math for this year then next year when i join in person school, i can do foundations of math and pre- calculus (the same course i want to drop right now) and do it for one semester and then the next semester i do pre- calculus for year level on the grade i would be in next year

(Im in high school btw)
And im in canada