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Old 05-23-2024, 04:11 PM  
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Well, new life experience for me. I took a job at a startup in the ed tech field around 3 years ago. Yesterday, I found out that that time was coming to an end. Around 25% of employees were laid off (300ish out of 1200ish) including me and my entire team.

They're venture-capital funded, and while I wasn't entirely surprised that layoffs were coming given some pretty rough financial headwinds this year, I wasn't at all expecting them to just cut my entire function. Kind of surreal.

I knew that startups were notoriously shaky when it comes to stability, and though it sucks to see it come to an end so abruptly, I suppose it's nice to have made a lot of money off of a bunch of investors. The severance package is, honestly, kind of crazy (4 months pay + 6 months paid health insurance + my laptop + free online classes + a plethora of job placement services). Thanks, VC funds!

In the end, I don't regret anything, but it's a very weird feeling to be out of a job for the first time since I was probably 14. It's hard to know what to do with myself, though I figure my "job" becomes job hunting...next week.

No need for sympathy - I'm actually kind of excited to look for something new. I'll at least have plenty of time to try and fail to fix my shit over the summer.
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Old 05-23-2024, 07:37 PM   #46
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When you're laid off everyone likes to say "you'll find something, you'll bounce back, don't worry about it you're smart and talented and you will end up in something great"





It always rings hollow, it's an easy way for your friends to skip ahead in their mind after you've done all the hard work to find something new and it just works out. I kind of find it lazy of my friend group because the hard work is something they don't have to think about but rather just assume you'll do it.



Not that they're wrong or like, obligated to fix your problem. But I do like it when friends offer advice that has actually actionable suggestions.



I had a friend suggest doing LinkedIn Premium which costs money but it was instrumental in helping me find my last two jobs.



LinkedIn tries to be social media and is full of nonsense but there are a LOT of tools there. I'd have to say I suggest it.
Yeah, I'm planning to give LI premium a go. I'm not gonna go cheap on tools that could help make the difference in tens of thousands of dollars of salary.
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Old 05-23-2024, 07:39 PM   #47
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It wouldn't be Plan A, but it's not off the table. Plan A would be remote, but that's gonna be where the most competition will be, so I may have to turn loose of that. I'm glad to have the time to work through my priorities regardless.
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Old 05-23-2024, 07:41 PM   #48
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The job alert on LI-P is pretty great. I would check it every morning so I could jump on something that just popped up.


I despise AI but it does have its uses. Like doing an AI resume for a specific job and writing a cover letter that is tailored to the job you are applying for, not just a form letter, seemed smart and got me my current job which is pretty much a dream job (low level exec at a movie studio)
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Old 05-23-2024, 07:41 PM   #49
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Heh... while it doesn't often make the cut to the actual resume I submit, I do actually have a bullet about CP on my master resume. SQL skills are sometimes a nice to have in my line of work, and I can spin my work here to make it sound good enough.
ChatGPT, make this suitable for a professional resume: Created and ran SQL queries to determine the biggest butt-****ing morons on a football message board and how often they've been banned, and also figured out which dumbshits only post their political hottakes and outrage on said football message board.

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  • Developed and executed SQL queries to analyze user behavior and activity on a football message board.
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  • Conducted an analysis to categorize users who predominantly posted political content, helping to understand the community's engagement dynamics.
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Old 05-23-2024, 07:42 PM   #50
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Chat GPT forgot to include the number of people on this site and also include Mahomes' Super Bowl MVPs under "accomplishments" we have a long way to go, AI
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ChatGPT, make this suitable for a professional resume: Created and ran SQL queries to determine the biggest butt-****ing morons on a football message board and how often they've been banned, and also figured out which dumbshits only post their political hottakes and outrage on said football message board.
This is excellent.
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The job alert on LI-P is pretty great. I would check it every morning so I could jump on something that just popped up.


I despise AI but it does have its uses. Like doing an AI resume for a specific job and writing a cover letter that is tailored to the job you are applying for, not just a form letter, seemed smart and got me my current job which is pretty much a dream job (low level exec at a movie studio)
Interesting, I wondered how the AI resume works. I'll check it out.
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Old 05-23-2024, 07:57 PM   #54
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Do you play golf? This is the perfect time for a good severance like that this time of year!

I volunteered for a layoff one time when I heard they were handing out 90 day severance packages. Played golf virtually every day, then started new job on the last day of the severance!

Good time to recharge the batteries on their dime.
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Interesting, I wondered how the AI resume works. I'll check it out.
To be clear I have no idea how to go about having AI write your resume, just to avoid the follow-up private message I will have zero clue how to answer lol

I've just heard good things
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Sorry to hear this, but there plenty of options for you. Just shut the door behind you and open the one in front of you. Can’t wait t0 hear how things are better later this year.
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Good luck, man. That severance will definitely help keep you afloat for a little bit.

You should probably give up on Starbucks and avocado toast though.
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Good luck, man. That severance will definitely help keep you afloat for a little bit.

You should probably give up on Starbucks and avocado toast though.
I'm too cheap for Starbucks, but I am a little addicted to Nespresso lattes at home. Definitely not cutting that out.
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