An Uber engineer kills himself. His widow says the workplace is to blame.

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13. Sounds like a shitty company and toxic work environment

I know the feeling. I've been shit on for many years for being too uppity and clearly need to be put in my place to teach me a lesson. My biggest regret in life is not changing companies sooner and going after the jobs I actually want. I've had an ex girlfriend feel concerned that I would off myself.

IT is a hell of a lot worse than people seem to understand. It's a thankless and stressful career option plus I have the added joy of constantly hearing how I'm stealing jobs away from Americans even though I'm American.

There are good companies out there. I work for one now. But I would not encourage people to enter the development/testing field if they don't like racism and misogyny and constantly feeling like a worthless piece of shit.

if there was a coding language he didn’t know, he’d study hard and three months later get certificates saying he knew them

This is exactly the way to do it yet a lot of very lazy shitheads will shit on someone for putting in effort on their own time in the evenings and weekends to learn new skills and better themselves when really you need to be put in your place hard. The anti-certification crowd in IT can really go F themselves with a pineapple. They just want to keep people down in garbage and stop us from having any options to find a better job with a better company. The most valuable thing my parents taught me is to educate my way out of shitty situations, yes even the ultra low cost self study options that people do to get certifications is available to anyone of any income level.

And a person of color buying a nice house in a nice neighborhood is a grievous offence to some jealous people.