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[oklama]

My current plan is to work for a year and save up a good amount or basically all of the cost of the surgery, and then take a loan for any remaining fee or whatever it would be. My question is, is it feasible to go back to work reasonably soon after the surgery? I work in tech so it wouldnt be a physically hard job, but I really cant be in a situation where im out of a job for a very long time just becuase I needed to lengthen. Of course there is remote work but the odds of getting these jobs is low now.

I could stomach being jobless for a period, but my concern is more the resume gap rather then being out of income, becuase if nobody wants to hire me I could end up being out of a job far longer then my finances could handle.

Also, how often do you have to see the Dr for the consultations. I know Assayag does it for 3 months, im willing to take flights to do it but it may be a big annoyance depending on how frequent it is. Maybe I would go with mahboubian as he would likely be much closer to me.

Another option that I may consider which is more risky in some ways is to secure a job that starts months in the future, then take a loan and do LL before the job even starts, but due to the length of time it takes to get to doing surgery it might not be feasible. It's also probably beyond my risk tolerance cause ill be completely fked if the job cancels on me or if I cant make it for some reason

[badgerbrocktree]

I could stomach being jobless for a period, but my concern is more the resume gap rather then being out of income, becuase if nobody wants to hire me I could end up being out of a job far longer then my finances could handle.

A four month resume gap is nothing. Seriously. Especially in this economy where so many people are having resume gaps.


As for what I'm doing, my tech firm (FAANG) will be giving me 4 months off for unpaid medical leave for the procedure. I'm a software engineer, and I firmly believe that I would not be able to do my job well enough to meet expectations throughout the extraction phase (brain fog, stretching, the like). Hence, the unpaid medical leave.


What is your current company's medical leave policy?

[oklama]

A four month resume gap is nothing. Seriously. Especially in this economy where so many people are having resume gaps.


As for what I'm doing, my tech firm (FAANG) will be giving me 4 months off for unpaid medical leave for the procedure. I'm a software engineer, and I firmly believe that I would not be able to do my job well enough to meet expectations throughout the extraction phase (brain fog, stretching, the like). Hence, the unpaid medical leave.


What is your current company's medical leave policy?

Im an intern somewhere that I will not be at that time, just until i'm out of school. I wouldnt be able to finance LL until I found a well paying job like 90k+ cause I'll need to save a lot of money atleast 40-50k. I'm good at living cheap but places with these jobs are HCOL so it will still be tough to save.

honestly I did not know jobs offered that long for medical leave and esp for cosmetic surgery. what did you tell them you were doing?

The four month resume gap wouldnt be a problem in itself but it may turn into a year or more because of how tough the market is , and it may reflect poorly on me that I only kept my previous job for a year and then was jobless for an equal amount of time.

I dont think I can get to FAANG, I didnt spend enough time doing leetcode and ill probably only graduate with 1 internship and its nowhere prestigious. I fking hate leetcode, 2/3 the time im on this forum is becuase im procrastinating leetcode.

[badgerbrocktree]

honestly I did not know jobs offered that long for medical leave and esp for cosmetic surgery. what did you tell them you were doing?

I'll be debilitated. That's all they really need to know. But my manager knows the full scope of things. Telling him was a gamble (a potentially stupid one), but hopefully the upside is more trust from him to me.

I dont think I can get to FAANG, I didnt spend enough time doing leetcode and ill probably only graduate with 1 internship and its nowhere prestigious. I fking hate leetcode, 2/3 the time im on this forum is becuase im procrastinating leetcode.

Channel your frustration about height into this process. This is going to sound so dumb, but the naive idea that I was going to get women and respect with a FAANG job was what drove me to baptize myself in leetcode and grinding. The more prestigious your job is before the resume gap, the better it will be for you afterwards. Also, someone from a "meh" company just joined my team (yes, even in this economy), so don't give up. All you need is the interview, then it's up to your coding skills.

[oklama]

I'll be debilitated. That's all they really need to know. But my manager knows the full scope of things. Telling him was a gamble (a potentially stupid one), but hopefully the upside is more trust from him to me.

Channel your frustration about height into this process. This is going to sound so dumb, but the naive idea that I was going to get women and respect with a FAANG job was what drove me to baptize myself in leetcode and grinding. The more prestigious your job is before the resume gap, the better it will be for you afterwards. Also, someone from a "meh" company just joined my team (yes, even in this economy), so don't give up. All you need is the interview, then it's up to your coding skills.

It is definitely my primary motivator

[GrowGrow123]

If you're able to work remotely, you don't even need to take any extended period of time off. That's what I did. I took two days off for the surgery and was back to work on Monday.

[too short]

WOW! This is good to know. I'm getting quadrilateral and took two months off of work....  You went physically back to work in less than a week?

[bcnman]

It depends. Some people can work quite quickly. Others never get back to work.

[oklama]

WOW! This is good to know. I'm getting quadrilateral and took two months off of work....  You went physically back to work in less than a week?

Quad will be more difficult I think than if your just lengthening one, and I think he was working remotely.

[too short]

What do you mean that others never go back to work?

[oklama]

What do you mean that others never go back to work?

I assume he means they are out too long and lose their job or dont return until after consolidation