Job hunting in tech is a nightmare. I do not code in my free time. My job is not my hobby. In most other industries, this is acceptable and NORMAL behaviour. You would never interview a cook and ask to see meals they've made at home. It's insidious.
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It's so distressing having this be massively disqualifying. I don't have a personal website. I don't have any personal code projects to showcase. I have a fucking life. I have a band. I'm an amateur woodworker. I cook for my family. I garden. I have a social life. That means I'm a bad candidate.
Companies want these Protestant Work Ethic types who only know the grind. I have a great work ethic. I take pride in my work, I am dogged about quality, but I do not make coding my entire life. I do not DREAM of labor!
I just want a fucking job where I can do good work I'm allowed to be proud of, go home at the end of the day and live my fucking life in peace, and keep that job for as many years as I fucking want.
I have lost three jobs in the past three years and never once was it my fault. Each and every time was a series of layoffs or other conditions that forced me and several other people to exit at once. However, now my resume is dotted with short gigs. I look bad because of other people's incompetence
And then I get punished when finding new jobs not JUST for being trans and a woman, BUT ALSO because I do not spend my free fucking time making MORE GOD DAMN WEBSITES for NO MONEY.
I'm sorry I don't blog about tech. I'm sorry I don't constantly seek out ways to intersect my other passions with programming. I'm sorry I literally cannot be made to give one flying fuck about programming when I'm not being paid to do so. I'm sorry I can't compete. I still deserve a fucking job.
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