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Dang, I work in software and get a week every year--not including Year 1.

Are you sure that you work in software and not cotton plantation in 18th century? Have you thought about coming over to Europe? I have 52 days off

Ah, I wish. I'm not in a financial position to relocate to even a better US city right now. In time, perhaps.

Some employers offer relocation assistance. So, if you find a position that you think you'd be a better fit for or would enjoy more, but it's far away from where you live now, you may want to ask about that.

And for multinational corporations (eg Google or a bank) that's the norm for white collar employees moving internationally.

Is that a salaried corporate job, or something else?

36 hour week in a public institution, 28 days holidays, 2 extra days a month cause I work 40 hours a week. I know, it's cheating ;)

What an excellent reason for a 35 hour week...

Color me surprised. I was under the impression most software shops had extremely liberal time off.

Do you mind if I ask what kind of software/position? That sounds like a gulag.

Sure, although I don't wanna derail the discussion too much with my silly situation. I work at a Delphi 5 (!) shop in the Midwest. I spent about a year trying to get interviews in my strong field (C#/.NET, no degree though). I wound up here because it's the first and only place I could even get in the door. Not the most elegant position but I couldn't go on much longer working clothing retail.

How many years professional experience do you have?

Less than half of one--this is my first dev gig. I'm basically 'unproven' so I understand why it was slim pickings for me.

I'm hoping building some experience here will give me a better chance in the future, although I'm a bit worried that working with such an old tech stack might not work in my favor.

If you want to move to Portland, my company is hiring. We're converting some old Delphi legacy systems into .NET. And I promise you we offer more PTO than that. Shoot me a message on my LinkedIn (link is in profile) or gmail (same as HN handle)

Thanks. So---do not worry about your performance at the company at all. Work the lowest amount of hours you can get away with for a few months, and spend all your time upgrading your skills and hunting for better jobs.

Seriously, people will pay for you to move to one of the coasts, higher cost of living but better salary and ludicrously better time off, if you'd like help finding a place let me know - noah@noahpryor.com. Obviously there are tons of reasons for you to want to stay there, but if it's just financial/cash flow issues, companies will help with those.

(I'm a dev, not a recruiter, no financial interest in this).

10 days vacation and ten days sick time is pretty standard in the USA. Usually, the 10 days vacation has to be accrued.

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