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I am a programmer and my boss is an asshole that likes to push meetings on after work hours with his pointless waffle that makes me late for my own projects outside of work.

I suspect he's getting pretty pissed off with me so I'm looking for new roles elsewhere. We are generally told that online job boards like * LinkedIn * Indeed * Glassdoor * ...

are placed to find jobs but most of the time the jobs are out of date, full of hiring agencies or recruiters, and they're bombarded with CVs for a role that they've already filled and advertising it is purely a formality. So far the best thing I can think of is to try and attend tech conventions and speak to people (speaking to people - one of my least favourite activities) and I'm wondering if you guys have any other advice for job searching?

Short term I'm just looking for something to pay the bills, long term I want to start my own company.

I am a programmer and my boss is an asshole that likes to push meetings on after work hours with his pointless waffle that makes me late for my own projects outside of work. I suspect he's getting pretty pissed off with me so I'm looking for new roles elsewhere. We are generally told that online job boards like * LinkedIn * Indeed * Glassdoor * ... are placed to find jobs but most of the time the jobs are out of date, full of hiring agencies or recruiters, and they're bombarded with CVs for a role that they've already filled and advertising it is purely a formality. So far the best thing I can think of is to try and attend tech conventions and speak to people (speaking to people - one of my least favourite activities) and I'm wondering if you guys have any other advice for job searching? Short term I'm just looking for something to pay the bills, long term I want to start my own company.
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I would recommend that you put starting your own business as main focus and get to it.

Stay where you are, it's paying your bills, but try to tell your boss that you from now have some after work private duties that prevent you from staying even a minute in overtime.

And you won't be lying, you do. Working on your own future is a lot more important than your job.

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Kind of the direction I'm working in right now and because I'm being so strict with the stop-time - I think I'd be the first for the chop if I weren't one of the better programmers. I suppose that's a problem with all talented programmers, they have options and ambitions - the talentless try to keep a hold of their jobs.

I think my colleagues are talented as well, but I'd like to think I have a high standard of programming for myself which pushes me to write better.