Coaching practices for Fired for Third Time From a Software Development Job What to Do
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- My whole job search is just refreshing job boards and firing off applications into the void, competing with hundreds of strangers for whatever happens to be posted
- I technically stop working but my mind never clocks out
- I close the laptop but work never actually stops
- I let one app back in for a specific reason, but with no rules around it, it’s already crept back to whenever and wherever
- The break is ending and my reflex is just to reinstall everything I had before
Practices that may help
- Build and work a target list of roles and organisations
Replace passive job board browsing with active research into specific organisations you want to understand.
Informational Interviews: Career Research That Builds Your Network - Use a shutdown ritual
End the workday with a deliberate routine that closes open loops and declares work done.
Deep Work, Made Practical - The shutdown ritual
End the workday with a fixed routine that closes open loops.
Time Blocking, Made Practical - Use each technology for one specific purpose, with explicit constraints
Assign every reinstated technology a specific job description, time budget, and access rule.
The Digital Declutter, Made Practical - Apply explicit values criteria before reinstating any technology
Reinstate a technology only if it clearly serves something you genuinely value — not merely because you used to have it.
The Digital Declutter, Made Practical - Use a fresh start whenever you fall off
When the system breaks down, restart with today’s three outcomes — no guilt or elaborate reset required.
Getting Results the Agile Way (AGS), Made Practical - Recognize and address one-more-year syndrome
"Just one more year" is often fear, not a rational financial calculation — learn to tell the difference.
Financial Independence, Made Practical - Outsource personal and business tasks with a virtual assistant
Hand off any recurring task a written process can describe to a skilled assistant.
Lifestyle Design, Made Practical - Write and commit to a standing not-to-do list
Turn elimination candidates into an explicit, reviewed list of permanent refusals.
The Not-To-Do List - Run a Friday Reflection
Each Friday, review what you accomplished, what you learned, and what you would do differently.
Getting Results the Agile Way (AGS), Made Practical
Related concerns
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Replace passive job board browsing with active research into specific organisations you want to understand.
Build and work a target list of roles and organisations
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Announce the goal to people whose opinion you care about.
Public commitment
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End the ritual with a consistent phrase that signals to the brain: work is closed, do not intrude.
Declare "shutdown complete" with a verbal phrase
- How To Resume Work After Interruption
Use the inform–negotiate–schedule–call-back protocol to protect the sprint.
Handling external interruptions
- How To Stop Bad Work Habits
Turn elimination candidates into an explicit, reviewed list of permanent refusals.
Write and commit to a standing not-to-do list
- How To Stop Doing Employees Jobs
When a report brings you their monkey, don’t take it — send it back with the next step owned.
Resist reverse delegation (the "monkey back" problem)
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