Ask HN: Who wants to be fired? (May 2026) Stuck in a situation at your current job that makes you want to leave / be fired? Here is your opportunity to get it off your chest, and if needed, seek some hopefully helpful feedback. |
Ask HN: Who wants to be fired? (May 2026) Stuck in a situation at your current job that makes you want to leave / be fired? Here is your opportunity to get it off your chest, and if needed, seek some hopefully helpful feedback. |
Sadly, nobody is willing to pay me to go away.
In short, don’t believe Internet memes. The US isn’t the capitalist hellscape disaffected commenters pretend it is.
They don’t think critically, let the LLM add random stuff, and then let the LLM argue for them on GitHub. When I talk to the human they have no idea. But 60s later they post a 3 page essay explaining they remembered and why x or y.
The thing is, I can tell why the LLM threw it in. It picked up on a side discussion in the comments, but we agreed in person to do something else in a different PR. Now all of a sudden it added a whole bunch of stuff unrelated to this PR.
I'm digging myself into a hole of self-doubt. I wish I were working on something with real users!
Of course, I'm doing interviews, but it hasn't been an easy ride. If I were fired I'd have more time for prepping, at least.
Do I want to be fired? No, because the job market sucks, I make good money, and I live in a HCOL area with a mortgage, a wife and a young kid. I need to sustain (and grow) this for another 10+ years minimum before having any kind of financial independence.
Currently waiting a month to check how things change, but if there is no change in my stress levels, I’ll look for a way out.
Also, I had some SS credit so my net monthly payment is $2480 after Medicare Part B. Expect to pay another $70/month for Medicare Part D (prescriptions) and $630/month for Medicare Medigap (F or G usually), so that leaves about $1800.
Never get Medicare Advantage, it's a scam. Also, traditional Medicare in 5 states is a scam because of the care-denying, for-profit WISeR prior-authorization AI bullshit. Medicare doesn't include vision, dental, hearing, hearing aids, or long-term care.