someelephant

"Bloomberg News is laying off nearly 100 journalists as it restructures its newsroom"

Not really a tech layoff. Many more similar examples. Also counting companies rather than jobs doesn't make sense. And the job data is likely centrally collected on FRED.

I regularly make new friends. Traveling a lot helps. Avoid talking excessiviely about work or your kids if you want to make new friends. Those topics are generally not interesting to anybody but you.

I should also say I finished college a looooong time ago.

There is plenty of refining and export capacity in Texas. It would have an enormous impact on investment in oil production and therefore future oil prices in North America. Pipelines are much cheaper and safer than rail and would lower the cost of production and therefore the cost of the final product.

I'd be surprised if more small businesses hadn't, the credits sales people are willing to give you are massive

If we could convert the value you get from charity work in to dollars, you would be making more than people working for big corp. Your values are atypical, and I'm glad you are able to do the work that provides you with the most benefit.

My main focus used be purposeful work as well. Now I'm more focused on doing things that make me feel good such as traveling, socializing and exercising. Since work is no longer my main focus, I work a lot less and enjoy my work a lot more.

He is the "investors".

Seems odd to blame other workers here even if they do make a lot of money. The only way workers will be helped is other jobs provide better value to the worker or companies are regulated to provide better conditions. Personal and corporate interests will always trump community interests.

I also appreciate that anybody who puts the work in can get a good job in tech. But I don't follow your reasoning that the current tech interview process supports that in some way that another process could not.

Work addicts will have a hard time following this advice unless they get the same dopamine boost from other tasks like networking. Unlikely to happen until they accept they have a problem.

Would be better off getting some therapy and buying index funds. I'm guessing in the long run this person would make a lot more money even after paying for therapy.

Unless the plan is to turn this into a paid subscription newsletter. In that case, there are tens of thousands of similarly high anxiety people looking for a similar way out that are willing to pay for this.

Paid investment advice is a form of therapy when you think about it.

This is due to the fact that European indices are heavily weighted towards stocks in low growth industries: banks, mining, utilities, cars, chemistry insurance. Lack of incentives in Europe has led to poor equity and economic growth versus the United States and this pattern will continue for decades to come.

Desire to be indispensable is a manifestation of imposter syndrome which is a manifestation of anxiety. If it doesn't fade after a few months you've got underlying issues you need to solve.

I'd say work addict is a better term. The dream of all employers.

google flights using your profile language preference but then listing all flights in local currency :(