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I do! I work at a failing startup. I find the direction and strategy of the company lacking. My advice is often ignored or they wait years and then claim it as their own. Sluggish sales. Sluggish revenue. Haven't been profitable in the 5 years I've been there.

I'm looking for a job but I rather just be laid off and collect unemployment for a while. I've been working for 17 years with no employment gaps. I'm tired.

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I can relate, I haven’t gone more than a week without a job in that same amount of time. I fantasize about just straight up taking a week or a month or a year off and doing absolutely nothing.

I'm not good at getting fired. I am personable and don't slack off. Those positive qualities are having a negative impact on my dream. I've wanted to collect unemployment for years.

Everyone makes mistakes. You can as well, you just need to want. Some suggestions (read aloud in an enthusiastic, you-can-do voice): Deploy to production! On Friday evening! Something that doesn't even build on your machine! Hardcode an universal password into the auth backend ("toomanysecrets" is a classic)! Invert a few conditionals in almost unreachable code! Enforce an overly complicated review system! Be horribly pedantic with every review you do! Skip review for your own commits! Re-write an important component from scratch! In OCAML, C# and TypeScript! While drunk! With no version control!

You get the idea. Or, probably better, ask your boss to fire you for all the good work you did? ;-)

I'll try harder...wait, you know what I mean. The first step is to stop being a workaholic, be more like the CEO.

Who is in his position because he doesn't feel sufficiently bad about driving others to generate money for him. Or something along those lines.

You're right about the first step being more like the CEO. But you don't have to give up the 100%-work-hard track record. Just shift your focus toward working hard at finding a style of ever-so-slightly psychopathical indifference that can work for you.

I've been working far less than that, but I always take some time between jobs. Currently at the beginning of month 3, and am doing interviews since last week. Take some time and get some sleep dude.

How did you know I am suffering from insomnia lately?

> I'm tired.

I can relate to that.

Because stress keeps you up, and chronic unhappiness and stress is a recipe for not sleeping. I've been there dude.

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