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[Deceus]

Indeed, titles don't pay the bills

Good luck Deceus, it's a gutsy move but fortune favors the bold.  Lucky for you, developers have like a 1-2% unemployment rate across the country and in the DC area or anywhere thereabouts in VA it's probably even lower.  You'll land in a place that's worth it

Yeah hopefully I don't regret it but I swim best when pushed into the deep end. Just hard to walk away from a cushy comfort zone sometimes. I have a couple months of savings stacked up and a part time gig. I'll actually be able to put good hours toward it without this job sucking the life out of me for 8 hours everyday. I find people (myself included) are willing to put up with so much unhappiness as long as they're comfortable. It's a hard trap to see and avoid.

I don't care for titles too much myself but I'd turn down just about any junior position offered to me right just based on how bad that'd look. I'd certainly do it for a place like Google but I had to turn down the chance to start on a new contract for my current company because it was a junior position demanding the experience of 2 mid-level developers. It was also way out in Ft Meade as well but the fact they were trying to squeeze that much into a junior position just screamed "we're gonna work you to death and pay you as little as we can get away with". I know HR likes to shoot for the moon but this wasn't even in the galaxy. But if Amazon/Google/Facebook wanted to treat me like a fresh college grad and put me at the bottom of the totem pole, I'd definitely jump at the opportunity. By all means teach me your ways.