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. :-) [Reply]
Originally Posted by Kiimo:
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. [Reply]
Originally Posted by loochy:
Are you willing to relocate?
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. [Reply]
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) [Reply]
Originally Posted by DaFace:
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-fucking 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.
Originally Posted by :
Certainly! Here's a more professional way to describe this experience for a resume:
Data Analyst
Developed and executed SQL queries to analyze user behavior and activity on a football message board.
Identified and reported on users with the highest frequency of bans, providing insights into patterns of disruptive behavior.
Conducted an analysis to categorize users who predominantly posted political content, helping to understand the community's engagement dynamics.
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 [Reply]
Originally Posted by Bearcat:
ChatGPT, make this suitable for a professional resume: Created and ran SQL queries to determine the biggest butt-fucking 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.
Originally Posted by Kiimo:
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. [Reply]
Originally Posted by HemiEd:
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. :-)
I don't know how good he is at golf, but it looks like he could win some good money in tournaments if he has a strong game. He should sign up for them.
DATE TOURNAMENT WINNER'S SHARE
June 6-9 the Memorial $4 million
June 20-23 The Travelers Championship $3.6 million
Aug. 15-18 FedEx St. Jude Championship $3.6 million
Aug. 22-25 BMW Championship $3.6 million
May 30-June 2 RBC Canadian Open $1.692 million
June 27-30 Rocket Mortgage Classic $1.656 million
Jan. 24-27 Farmers Insurance Open $1.62 million
July 11-14 Genesis Scottish Open $1.62 million
July 25-28 3M Open $1.494 million
Aug. 8-11 Wyndham Championship $1.422 million
July 4-7 John Deere Classic $1.404 million
July 18-21 Barracuda Championship $720,000 [Reply]
Originally Posted by DaFace:
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
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. :-) [Reply]
