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You quit without finding a new job first? Possibly a little premature ... have you been reading GlennPatton-in-the-pub/not-in-the-pub/back-in-the-pub has been posting for the last year?
Good luck - I hope you won't need it!
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OriginalGriff wrote: Possibly a little premature
Not at all, I've calculated my risk and it's basically none 
OriginalGriff wrote: Good luck - I hope you won't need it!
Thanks - and I won't! 
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Still..."unforeseen circumstances" are a thing. It can happen both to you and potential employers.
Even with 2 opportunities lined up, I still wouldn't quit a job without having anything in writing yet. But maybe that's just me. I'm in my mid-40s and have never quit a job.
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dandy72 wrote: "unforeseen circumstances" are a thing
It's all in my calculations 
I'd need a whole lot of unforeseen circumstances before I get in trouble, even when these two somehow back out 
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Your self-confidence is to be commended.
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Good luck finding a new job, looking at your profile that should not be too hard I think, and you seem to be young enough, so age should not be a problem.
If you need any tips, just let me know
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Thanks!
I'm currently talking to two possible employers who would like me very much.
They both sound like I'd want to work there so I'm still in negotiations.
I'll know which one by the end of next week
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Congratulations !
«While I complain of being able to see only a shadow of the past, I may be insensitive to reality as it is now, since I'm not at a stage of development where I'm capable of seeing it. A few hundred years later another traveler despairing as myself, may mourn the disappearance of what I may have seen, but failed to see.» Claude Levi-Strauss (Tristes Tropiques, 1955)
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Thanks Bill!
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Sander Rossel wrote: I didn't know you guys cared so much, but don't worry about me being out of a job.
I've got two possible employers lined up to take me on board and plenty of backup, even when things go awry
Assuming that you are not independently wealthy, all I can say is that you are very brave, Señor.
Stupid, but brave.
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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Having worked as a programmer and software engineer for more than 30 years, I have lived through a few downturns in the high-tech world. I know that no matter how good we are at our jobs, we have no guarantee of long-term employment. Even working for a large company is no guarantee against downsizing when the profit margin drops too far. Working for the Government is an option, if (a) you are satisfied with government pay scales and (b) you are willing to put up with the soul-deadening bureaucracy.
Given that (a) I have a family to support, and (b) I am not independently wealthy, I cannot afford to give notice for an existing position before I have a contract for another position in hand. Your tolerance of risk may be higher than mine.
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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Yeah, of course, I totally get that.
I've been in the same situation when I just bought a house and had no savings.
However, I'm single, living on my own, with low monthly costs, some money in my bank account and two very interesting companies who want me.
Even when things go wrong I'll have another three or four months or so to find a new job before I'll get in financial trouble.
I still have some paid work lined up, so that extends it with another two months.
And I could take any job for any salary and I'd still be able to pay my rent.
If all else fails I've got a safety net called mom and dad who'd be willing to give me a loan so I can extend my job search with yet another few months.
The only risk is that I don't find a job, any job, in six months, which is a risk I'm very willing to take in IT and today's industry
Especially given the fact that I've already called off two job offers and I'm ignoring new ones almost weekly.
Yeah, I actually thought this through.
I told you not to worry, didn't I?
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... this time I'm listening to this great Performer @Ravi-Bhavnani: [^] and especally to "Slow Blues in A" and yes of course also "Cover Europa / Carlos Santana", "Trying to be Gilmour" and and and... 
modified 19-Jan-21 21:04pm.
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He rocks) pretty f***ing the hell whatever good And his Hand/fingers in "Slow Blues in A" is more than awesome
modified 19-Jan-21 21:04pm.
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(Probably not a regular feature)
Using only addition, add eight 8s to get 1000.
Your time starts ... now!
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Are we free to choose the base of the numbers (binary, octal, decimal, hex)?
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I'd love to see you use "8" in binary or octal!
There is a decimal solution, which is what I was looking for - but I'll take what works, provided there are eight 8s, addition only, and the total is 1000.
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OriginalGriff wrote: There is a decimal solution, which is what I was looking for
Probably: 888 + 88 + 8 + 8 + 8
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That's the one!
Nice and simple for a Saturday ...
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888
88 + -> 976
8 + -> 984
8 + -> 992
8 +
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1000
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Is correct, but Jochen beat you to it!
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Yes, I was wasting time checking my sums.
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