Ask HN: Have you been laid off? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: Have you been laid off?

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Post by TheCloudlessSky » Wed, Mar 18, 2020, 10:56 PM UTC

I'm a co-founder and the VP of Engineering at ProcedureFlow. If anyone is a full stack .NET developer and lives in Eastern Canada (remote), I'm currently hiring: https://jobs.procedureflow.com/o/full-stack-developer

ProcedureFlow is like GitHub but for your company's procedures. We are hyperlinked flowcharts with pull request style approvals.

I've heard some really unfortunate stories from family, friends, and colleagues who are being laid off or temporarily laid off. Since ProcedureFlow is B2B and is part of our customers' backbone, we're fortunate in this situation. I hope all of you that are affected by this are able to get through this!

Re: Ask HN: Have you been laid off?

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Post by alecbenzer » Wed, Mar 18, 2020, 10:56 PM UTC

Kwantuum wrote: post #62

Cyberdog wrote: post #34

I'm a contract full-stack web developer. I've been "laid off" in that my last remaining client, who was already behind on her bills, told me to stop all work and she has no idea if/when she'll be able to pay her outstanding bills. I have no idea where next month's rent is going to come from. If anybody needs some contract web dev done, check out my info at https://albright.pro/ and reach out ASAP. I will cut you one…

Sorry to say, your online presence is dreadfully low for a web developer.

Whether this is true or not, there's much better ways to phrase this.

> Your online presence is dreadfully low for a web developer.

Just dropping "Sorry to say" makes it sound less condescending.

> Your online presence is really low for a web developer.

Dreadfully -> really. Could argue that this changes the meaning somewhat, but I think the change is more in tone (again, less pretentious/condescending sounding) than in actual meaning.

> Your online presence is really low for a web developer, you should consider expanding it to increase your exposure/get more interviews

Explicitly making a suggestion is more constructive and makes the tone more friendly.

Re: Ask HN: Have you been laid off?

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Post by aendruk » Wed, Mar 18, 2020, 10:56 PM UTC

Yep. Events industry; entire company basically shut down.

Re: Ask HN: Have you been laid off?

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Post by narenkeshav » Wed, Mar 18, 2020, 10:57 PM UTC

I left my job, bootstrapped my startup (an AR Product). The product was tested, refined & ready by the end of February. The core of the product expects people to move & has significant location-based functionalities. I can't release it in the near future.

Re: Ask HN: Have you been laid off?

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Post by eyegor » Wed, Mar 18, 2020, 10:57 PM UTC

Not a hiring manager, but I will be hiring more cs people for my team soon. We wanted to hire people anyway, but this virus will probably expand the candidate pool since most of the gorillas will have trouble hiring now. Adtech is about to face a harsh reality check.

Re: Ask HN: Have you been laid off?

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Post by edem » Wed, Mar 18, 2020, 10:58 PM UTC

I have. It was the best thing that could have happened. I've got 2 months to sit at home while being paid. The 2 months are soon over and I'm flooded with freelance work. So now I work 40-50% less for roughly the same amount of money. I should have done this earlier.

Re: Ask HN: Have you been laid off?

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Post by gridspy » Wed, Mar 18, 2020, 10:58 PM UTC

arcboii92 wrote: post #229

I resigned from my current role because the office culture is terrible, and I hate being around pretty much all the people outside of the IT team. I was offered 6 figures as a counter offer for the first time in my career, which I turned down. That was last week. New Zealand (where I'm from) hasn't shut down yet, but everything is so bleak, and I'm regretting turning down the offer. I start working from home tomorrow…

If they offered you a good counter offer, ask them if there is a similar offer still on the table. Their IT challenges are probably only just ramping up and they will need you as people shift remote.

I'm also in NZ. SO happy that our GOVT takes this so seriously.

Re: Ask HN: Have you been laid off?

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Post by robinduckett » Wed, Mar 18, 2020, 10:59 PM UTC

poooogles wrote: post #222

rpastuszak wrote: post #219

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I quit my job in mid January because of burnout, left London for a couple of weeks and came back this Sunday. I’m looking for remote roles exclusively. Now I’m not sure if the timing is perfect or just plain terrible:) Also, I stopped reading the news. I just don’t think refreshing Twitter every 10 min whilst self isolating can be good to your mental health.

Depending upon what you're looking for we might be able to help. ML company in London that's open to fully remote people. (email in profile)

It doesn't seem to be (or did you have to take it out because you were inundated? :p)

Re: Ask HN: Have you been laid off?

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Post by narenkeshav » Wed, Mar 18, 2020, 10:59 PM UTC

I left my job & bootstrapped my startup for the past year. It is an Augmented Reality product with location-based functionality. We had it tested, refined & ready. Now I don't think I can release it in the near future. I do not apply for EI or SMB business credit as well. Well, it is an adventure - isn't it?

www.mani.ai

Re: Ask HN: Have you been laid off?

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Post by eloff » Wed, Mar 18, 2020, 11:00 PM UTC

Just signed a lease for a larger apt with twice the rent. Got laid off within the hour. The new landlord is not wanting to let me out of the lease. They already accepted the deposit and first months rent. Really bad timing.