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Re: Ask HN: Who has been laid off?

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Post by conradfr »

H8crilA wrote: post #98
conradfr wrote: post #76

Fired officially next week but to be honest it was ongoing before the lockdown;) On the bright side it seems the tech job market is not too much affected here in Paris but we'll see how it goes. Well at least I can now finish some freelance gig that was taking my free time, and it gives me more time to continue learning elixir, I even finally took the time to open-source and deploy a demo of a LiveView game I made in…

You sure? I'd be surprised if even 10% of tech companies were hiring right now, regardless of location ...

Obviously but for now I still have many contacts on LinkedIn and former colleagues wanting to refer me to their current company.

So yeah it's entirely subjective and I guess it'll heavily depend on how many times the lockdown is extended ...

Re: Ask HN: Who has been laid off?

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Post by neuronexmachina »

oarabbus_ wrote: post #144
seniordevconfuz wrote: post #77

I woke up today with a nice surprise from HR. I got laid off. It was the most impersonal and robotic email I received. 20 minutes later all my accounts got disabled, not a chance to even say farewell to my nice co-workers. It sucks. I don't have a ton of savings. Luckily my car is paid off, and I only have student loans left. I was very tempted to inflate my lifestyle after I got a big raise. I didn't do it, otherwis…

My partner's friend had a large number of people let go during a zoom meeting. It was horribly planned, several people showed up 3-5 minutes late each time they had to say "you're laid off" yet again, etc.

Bird? https://dot.la/bird-layoffs-meeting-story-2645612465.html

Re: Ask HN: Who has been laid off?

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Post by goodcanadian »

Delk wrote: post #135
goodcanadian wrote: post #103

Earlier quoted context omitted.

https://crowdfightcovid19.org/ This is aimed at scientists, but my wife is on the list and tells me that they are looking for UX designers and software developers.

Any idea what kinds of software development skills they're looking for? I guess if they're also looking for UX designers, they aren't looking for just data analysis code?

I don't have much information. I was told frontend and backend.

Edit: given the subject matter, I imagine there is demand for data analysis expertise, but that is my own speculation.

Re: Ask HN: Who has been laid off?

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Post by cozzyd »

glippiglop wrote: post #118
cammikebrown wrote: post #62

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I have a physics degree. It turns out a bachelor’s degree doesn’t help much, and I was too burnt out at the time to go to grad school. I took a few introductory programming classes and I’ve been trying to get back into it lately. Try talking to a bartender sometime, you may find out they’re not as dumb as rocks.

I met a programmer many years back who had previously been a physicist at CERN. I'd never have guessed but I think he picked up the programming bug there. If you think coding is your thing then go for it and all the best to you!

There are very few physicists who don't know how to program.

Re: Ask HN: Who has been laid off?

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Post by sjg007 »

avip wrote: post #80
01100011 wrote: post #74

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My brother tends bar at a golf course. They furloughed him until the end of April with pay. Hopefully he can go back to work after that.

Isn't it a tiny bit optimistic to assume this "will be over" by end of April?

Golf courses may be open to give people things to do as long as you maintain 6 feet social distance. In that case they may allow a bar to operate for to go drinks for the course. A lot of them have an attached kitchen as well.

Re: Ask HN: Who has been laid off?

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Post by hazeii »

lb1lf wrote: post #82
cammikebrown wrote: post #62

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have a physics degree. It turns out a bachelor’s degree doesn’t help much, and I was too burnt out at the time to go to grad school. I took a few introductory programming classes and I’ve been trying to get back into it lately. Try talking to a bartender sometime, you may find out they’re not as dumb as rocks.

-Irrelevant, but I chuckled at your last sentence. One of the all-time smartest people I’ve ever met worked a bar in Bergen, Norway; autodidact in anything which caught his fancy, he could give you a lecture on what brought down the Scythians, serve a new guest and striking up a conversation on advances in semiconductor fabrication with him, picking up where he left off the lecture on the Scythians before heading out…

Norway's like that. Last time I was there the taxi driver taking us back to the airport knew more about the CUDA API than I do (not a terribly high bar, but still...).

Re: Ask HN: Who has been laid off?

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Post by joeblau »

cammikebrown wrote: post #62
ithrow wrote: post #37

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Just curious, how does a bartender ends up staying reading HN?

I have a physics degree. It turns out a bachelor’s degree doesn’t help much, and I was too burnt out at the time to go to grad school. I took a few introductory programming classes and I’ve been trying to get back into it lately. Try talking to a bartender sometime, you may find out they’re not as dumb as rocks.

Super cool backstory. I also wondered what brought you here as well.

Re: Ask HN: Who has been laid off?

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Post by mikekij »

tj0 wrote: post #56

Everyone took a 20% pay cut, lots of people have been furloughed so workload has also increased. Would've been nice to have had a voice in the company's decision; kinda caught between a rock and a hard place at this point.

Sincere question: If you had a voice in the decision, what would you have done differently?

Re: Ask HN: Who has been laid off?

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Post by LyalinDotCom »

Really sorry to everyone who is out of work now :(, I wish I could do more then just give you some links and thoughts but hope this helps.

1. If you're looking to ramp-up your skills Pluralsight is giving away a free month of training this month: https://www.pluralsight.com/offer/2020/free-april-month

2. Large companies are still hiring I growth areas, I am not 100% sure but If I was a betting man anything at Google, Amazon or Microsoft that is cloud related is probably still booming to get people on board

3. If you wind up finding some work that is remote in this situation and don't have WFH experience check out this great set of tips for WFH by Scott Hanselman: https://www.hanselman.com/blog/LoveInATimeOfCoronaVirusTipsT...

Re: Ask HN: Who has been laid off?

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Post by seniordevconfuz »

unemphysbro wrote: post #119
aerovistae wrote: post #106

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You can stop your student loans completely. I went a very long time without paying them when I was unemployed.

I believe if the loans are non-stafford interest accrues. I had to pause my repayments this month because of job-hunt.

I just checked, they put it on a 0% interest until further notice. What a relief! You should have seen my severance package lol, peanuts.
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