Advice needed: Thoughts on leaving before having something else lined up. I’m not burnt out or anything like that, but I do feel I’m in unhealthy environment & not learning as much as I could be

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Always have something else lined up. Do you know how many people were laid off and are still looking for jobs after months?? Don’t purposely put yourself in that situation.

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If youre going to do it, make sure you have something saved up and you're hustling. Like 2-3 phone interviews a day, interviews lined up until next year until you find something.

I did it and I was able to find something much more quickly than I expected. I had to do 2 interviews in one day and phone call after phone call.

However, there was a lot of anxiety and I wasn't sure what I was doing. So if you're not in a terrible place, start putting feelers out with friends and old co-workers. Reach back out to those recruiters on LinkedIn.

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If you have enough money saved for 6 months, do it!

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