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Take a break, you must. I know it always feels like you can’t, but you can’t keep working, you will snap.

Programmers are hard to replace, it hard to find a good one, and it takes time to ramp up a new one with a codebase. You have more negotiating power than you think.

Your comment struck me because I have been in that position before, and I know it really really hurts. But you gotta look out for yourself. Please take a week or two off



> You have more negotiating power than you think.

That assumes that their manager (1) is aware of how hard it is to find a good programmer, and (2) is rational.


If either of those conditions is satisfied then imo it's time to go. Who wants to work for an irrational manager? (actual lol)


Agreed. If you can't negotiate where you at, then start the negotiations somewhere else.


Well, only a rational manager knows how hard it is to replace a good programmer...




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