I did this while driving to work once. Had time for a think on the way in, called up and quit, drove back home and went back to sleep.
this post was submitted on 30 May 2024
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I hiked a portion of the Appalachian Trail right after I got out of the Army years ago. Half the people were like me: early 20's, either taking time off from college or just out of the military and looking for a thing to do before joining the rat race. The other half were 65 and older, retired people who finally had time to indulge their pass times.
And then there was one dude, mid-40's, who just shrugged and said, "I was on the highway, about to take the exit ramp to my job and I ended up here instead."
As I am now in my 40s myself, I empathize and admire him more and more every day.
As far as I'm concerned, this behavior falls under Self-Medicating.
Did a therapist have a heart attack while hypnotizing you the day before? Just wondering.
Two jobs after that, I got in a big argument with the CTO on a conference call in front of everybody my first month on the job, and they later tried to make me team lead when I was like 22 years old because I was the only one who could produce any useful (i.e. honest) information for them about what was actually going on with the project. I declined and quit instead to work at a startup with friends of mine. I was Peter Gibbons before Peter Gibbons was cool.
I think I have only ever had good stuff happen from arguing with management
It helps to be right, of course, but it gets you credibility with the other workers, and makes you known as someone who can say what they mean regardless of power dynamic
Maybe I'm just lucky that those above me on those occasions have liked those attributes