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Submohr
@mleach.dev

I never used Twitter. I’m not really sure what I should be posting here. In absence of this experience, I will just post what’s on my mind currently. Amazon’s 5 day RTO is going to force me out of the company, and I’m now going through a real job search for the first time in my life. It’s hard.

Submohr
@mleach.dev

I’m a software engineer and have been in the industry for about ten years now, but to my luck haven’t had to extensively job search in that time - I’ve sort of fallen into every job I’ve had. I’m confident I can interview into a role pretty much anywhere, but I am anxious about screening.

Submohr
@mleach.dev

It’s frustrating that I actually enjoy working at Amazon, and my team wants to keep me, but S-team decisions disallowing remote work are just going to upend this job. If I can find something equivalent, fine… but if I can’t, there’s a real chance this is life changing (in a bad way).

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Submohr
@mleach.dev

Ultimately I’m aware that I’m in a better spot than a lot of people, and I won’t end up homeless or anything (unless I completely fumble here, but it would likely take *years* of unemployment), but that doesn’t make the situation any less gut wrenching. Instability is the mind killer. I’m nervous.