u/TheDreezi

I live in Brazil. I went to public school my whole life, and I learned early that if I wanted something, I had to work for it. I started working as a waiter at 14 to help get by.

At 19, I suffered a severe psychotic break.

I was hospitalized and spent two months in a psychiatric hospital. It happened right at the end of the year, so I spent both Christmas and New Year’s of 2024 inside the ward.

At the time, the attending doctor looked at my mother and told her he didn’t think I would fully recover from the psychosis. He said that even if I did, I might be left with permanent cognitive damage.

Because of the hospitalization, I lost my internship at a multinational company and had to put my tech degree on hold. I also learned something else the hard way: many of the people I thought were my friends simply disappeared when things became truly difficult.

When I finally left the hospital, I spent about seven months out of the job market because of the effects of the medication. I could barely stay awake. I had almost no perspective for the future, and my confidence was gone.

Eventually, things started to change.

I re-enrolled in college, and in February of this year, I joined a competitive training program backed by Brazil’s Ministry of Science and Technology, focused on applied research in emerging technologies.

It was an intensive six-month program with a cohort of 300 people. Only 20 would be selected for the official research residency.

Over the following months, my life changed in ways I never expected.

I got a job in São Paulo, commuting several hours every day from my small hometown in the countryside. I started in basic IT support, but began building internal projects in TypeScript on my own initiative, even though software development wasn’t part of my role.

This week, I went to hand in my resignation so I could take the research residency. The stipend is small enough that I was seriously considering doing food deliveries at night to make ends meet.

Instead, the company valued my work and offered me a promotion to work as a software development consultant, fully remote.

But the biggest change wasn’t professional.

Little by little, I learned how to trust people again.

I started going to hard techno events alone. I met people while standing in line. Those people became real friends. We went camping together. We spent a day at Hopi Hari. I built a social life in São Paulo that, a few years ago, I genuinely couldn’t imagine having.

And then, this past Wednesday, the two parts of my life came together.

In the morning, I went to my psychiatric appointment and received my final medical discharge, completely off medication and with no cognitive sequelae.

That same afternoon, the official results of the research residency were released.

I was one of the 20 selected out of 300 candidates.

I’m sharing this because I know firsthand how definitive, dark, and lonely rock bottom can feel when your own mind turns against you.

If you’re going through something heavy right now, feeling overwhelmed, or feeling alone, hang in there.

You don’t know yet what the next few years of your life are going to look like.

My DMs are always open if anyone needs someone to talk to.

For anyone who enjoys reflections on life, consciousness, and the mind, I highly recommend two YouTube channels: Ludoviajante, an amazing Brazilian philosophy channel for Portuguese speakers, and Exurb1a, in English. Especially his video *and then we'll be okay*.

They said I'd never make it back.*

But sometimes, we do.

And in the end, we're going to be okay.

Fala pessoal,

Queria ouvir a opinião de vocês, principalmente de quem já trabalha na área de TI ou já passou por algo parecido.

Recentemente participei de um processo seletivo para atuar como PJ por uma consultoria, alocado em uma multinacional em Sorocaba/SP

O que aconteceu:

* Passei por todas as etapas do processo

* Me informaram que eu começaria em breve (chegaram a falar a semana)

* Fiz exame admissional e treinamentos de segurança

* Comprei equipamentos obrigatórios com meu próprio dinheiro

* Recebi credenciais corporativas (e-mail/login) da empresa final

* Tive contato direto com a consultoria durante o onboarding

*Fiz até verificação de antecedentes criminais, passei contato de antigos chefes...

Com base nisso tudo, tomei a decisão de sair do meu emprego anterior pra assumir essa oportunidade.

Aí começa o problema:

* Falaram que teve um “problema de documentação”

* Depois disso… simplesmente pararam de responder

* Já mandei mensagem várias vezes (e-mail, WhatsApp, etc.)

* Já faz mais de 1 mês sem nenhum posicionamento claro

Essa semana tive até que começar a trabalhar fora da área de T.I, pq infelizmente as contas tão chegando e não consegui mais nada na área por enquanto.

Tenho:

* Contrato assinado (PJ)

* E-mails com credenciais

* Conversas e tentativas de contato

Minhas dúvidas:

1. Alguém aqui já passou por algo parecido?

2. Vale a pena correr atrás judicialmente, mesmo sendo PJ?

3. Vocês continuariam insistindo ou partiriam pra outra?

4. Alguma dica de como lidar com isso de forma profissional?

Tô tentando manter a cabeça no lugar, mas a situação me lascou legal...

Salário seria cerca de $1300/mês

Qualquer opinião já ajuda bastante.

(Todo o processo foi em inglês, não conheci um Brasileiro, mesmo que a empresa que eu seria alocado fosse localizada em Sorocaba, a vaga ia ser na maior parte presencial, a gerente que fiz a entrevista final é Americana, mas a maior parte do processo foi feito por Indianos)