问 HN：得癌症、找到新工作、换了新老板，这一切都在不到一年内发生，我现在该怎么办？
3 分•作者: Goleniewski•5 个月前
大家好，
正如标题所言。我去年年底开始了一份新工作。我被猎头挖走，从一个非常稳定、几乎没什么变化、低压力的环境（在那里待了十多年，想把我炒掉得付出很大代价）跳槽到一个节奏极快、充满“干就完了”的环境，而且“先凑合着用”的痕迹很重，技术债务也很大。我加入部分原因是我和将成为我老板的那个人建立了真正的良好关系。当然，薪水也有帮助 :D
我加入公司的当天，公司就被另一家公司收购了。好吧，我们继续，整合正在进行中。夹在两种相互竞争的基础设施观点和不同的工作方式之间。
然后，在上个月，我被诊断出患上了“大病”（指癌症）。测试已经完成（我想），但看起来如果非要选一个的话，是你想得的那个。治疗方案即将到来……
几周前，我的老板辞职了。现在我有一个新老板，在另一个国家。在这一点上，他几乎是个未知数。
说实话，我的直接团队成员和同事（在两家公司）都很棒，我们尽力克服困难，但现在我甚至不知道该怎么办。我感觉自己像个多余的人，这太可怕了。至于工作本身，我甚至都不确定。如果我有时间机器就好了。清晰的指导和方向是其他公司才会做的事情！我觉得我犯了一个巨大的错误，而且在新工作发生所有变动之前我就已经不开心了。
在家里，我们算了一下，幸运的是，即使在最坏的情况下，账单也能长期支付。这是非常值得感谢的。可能不会很好，但不会有人来敲门。
我很感激我们生活在一个有社会化医疗保健的国家，而且前景似乎很好（除非医生们在骗我，显然 <---- 自闭症在起作用）。老实说，做任何工作都很困难，因为不知道你一两年后是否还活着，这会拖累你的工作效率。我希望我能活下去，预后很好，但听到这个消息是当时世界上最孤独的感觉。
我仍然是个新手，而且我可以看到，如果他们想精简人员，我将成为首要目标，所以……我意识到他们不能在我生病的时候这样做，但你知道这些事情会怎么发展。
所以，我的极客同伴们……现在没有太多好事发生。
谁能帮我制定一个客观的行动计划，让工作变得更容易一些。我不确定我是否在这里犯了一个巨大的职业错误，或者只是对正在发生的一切有点反应过度。
由于我现在基本上无所事事，因为我无法承诺在任何一天到岗，因为需要治疗和预约，我正在考虑提升一些技能，也许考取一些认证，但这需要我所有的意志力。我只需要保持最新状态，并制定一个计划，以防我被解雇，并且顺利完成治疗，而且治疗有效。祈祷一切顺利 :/
新老板们都在使用 GCP。我的技能在于 Linux、Ansible、Docker、技术写作和高性能集群。我还精通 Azure，并且（有些过时）的 VMware 经验，而且经验很丰富。我知道每个人都在尽快远离 VMware，所以对这个“meh！”
总而言之，在专业层面上，我不知道如何为正在发生和即将发生的事情做好准备。欢迎提出任何建议。
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