Comment by zimpenfish

Got hired for a contract to "integrate this crypto[0] protocol sdk" but it turned out that they actually meant "implement this crypto protocol from scratch in an async manner" and by day four I was out[1].

Shortest perm job was about 5 months. Tiny office, 4 other people on the phone all day, impossible project (writing software for unreliable hardware), not a difficult choice.

[0] actual crypto, not currency.

[1] not just because of the bait-and-switch but because crypto is miles out of my wheelhouse.