#Interesting. Time for a lot more reflection I'd suggest! When you wear a lot of hats you have to be clear on the role, responsibility and kpi's for each hat do that one day you can train someone to take over the role. #KeepLearning #DontGiveUp
Ask HN: My company has been acquired and I'm kicked out. What should I do now?
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Re: Ask HN: My company has been acquired and I'm kicked out. What should I do now?
#152To get over a similar experience, I moved from a city in an expensive country to a village in a cheap country. The money I got would last me many more years than it would have otherwise, so I had time to relax, get over things and order my thoughts. Worked well for me.
Out of interest, which country did you move to? Sounds like a really great idea.
South of Spain.
Re: Ask HN: My company has been acquired and I'm kicked out. What should I do now?
#153If you have 1 year of living expenses, you could probably make that last 3-5 years in Thailand. I really enjoy living in Chiang Mai. My wife and I have just started a 1 year ED visa for hand to hand combat [1], and the first few lessons have been very good. The lessons are 2 hours, and it's twice a week. Start with a few 60 day tourist visas first, and you can extend those to 90 days. I've enjoyed exploring Southeast Asia over the last few years.
If you want to get unstuck and do something, then I would recommend picking up a new technology and building something fun. Maybe mobile development with React Native. Just get a few little things on the app stores and see where it leads you. I've just spent the last 3 or 4 months learning React Native while developing a little game, and this one idea has branched out into lots of different app ideas, even startup ideas and SaaS services. Diving in and building something (anything) is a great way to find new problems to solve. Living somewhere with a low cost of living gives you a lot of room to breathe and find your next ideas.
Re: Ask HN: My company has been acquired and I'm kicked out. What should I do now?
#154If you have 1 year of living expenses, you could probably make that last 3-5 years in Thailand. I really enjoy living in Chiang Mai. My wife and I have just started a 1 year ED visa for hand to hand combat [1], and the first few lessons have been very good. The lessons are 2 hours, and it's twice a week. Start with a few 60 day tourist visas first, and you can extend those to 90 days. I've enjoyed exploring Southeast…
I was going to suggest Chiang Mai after reading the OP then scrolled down and saw it's the top comment.
I just spent 4 months traveling around Asia with 1 month in Chiang Mai. It's an incredible city and incredible in ways you wouldn't expect. For one, it's actually very developed (second biggest city in Thailand) with many big modern malls. Also, the cellular infrastructure is great and you can get a SIM card for really cheap that also gives you access to "SuperWifi" which is like 150Mbps at Maya mall. There are also a bunch of cool coworking spaces and cafes to work from with other people working remotely on interesting projects. The food is great and varied.
Plus, you can book a hotel for your first 2/3 nights and then walk around and look at all the condos. We looked at 10 different apartments - could have moved into any one of them on the spot with 1 month's deposit. Ended up staying in one with a pool, gym, sauna, king sized bed, good wifi - 2 minutes from Maya mall - all for like $600 per month.
Also the temples are remarkable and the people are super friendly. Highly recommended to reset and get a fresh perspective! Also, Penang in Malaysia is nearby and also really worth checking out :)
Re: Ask HN: My company has been acquired and I'm kicked out. What should I do now?
#155Actually, your experience sounds great! In general, it is much easier to find people with narrow interests. While it might seem to you that you are not employable, this is just an illusion - there are many developers, but few with experience "from development to product design to finance". This makes you a great fit for virtually any smaller company which doesn't have a separate person for each role - startups, new businesses,...
TL;DR: You didn't fail. You learned.
As for burnout - been there. If it's any consolation, it will go away once you find something new that will keep you motivated.
Re: Ask HN: My company has been acquired and I'm kicked out. What should I do now?
#156It seems you could excel at one thing if you could choose between the three. Pick one up, get a medium job and then excel. You're no failure, don't worry about that. And yeah, maybe get some perspective working in another country? Not sure what you mean by mentally exhausted (differences between individuals I guess) but your three months inactivity should have reduced that stress. You can't be doing 'no thing' even though you don't work. Take it easy, learn some new stuff, quit habits increasing stress. That kind of things should help I guess.
Re: Ask HN: My company has been acquired and I'm kicked out. What should I do now?
#157If you have 1 year of living expenses, you could probably make that last 3-5 years in Thailand. I really enjoy living in Chiang Mai. My wife and I have just started a 1 year ED visa for hand to hand combat [1], and the first few lessons have been very good. The lessons are 2 hours, and it's twice a week. Start with a few 60 day tourist visas first, and you can extend those to 90 days. I've enjoyed exploring Southeast…
I was going to suggest Chiang Mai after reading the OP then scrolled down and saw it's the top comment. I just spent 4 months traveling around Asia with 1 month in Chiang Mai. It's an incredible city and incredible in ways you wouldn't expect. For one, it's actually very developed (second biggest city in Thailand) with many big modern malls. Also, the cellular infrastructure is great and you can get a SIM card for re…
> with many big modern malls
Maya and ? The other other 1 or 2 are literally falling apart they're so old and empty
Re: Ask HN: My company has been acquired and I'm kicked out. What should I do now?
#158Earlier quoted context omitted.
I was going to suggest Chiang Mai after reading the OP then scrolled down and saw it's the top comment. I just spent 4 months traveling around Asia with 1 month in Chiang Mai. It's an incredible city and incredible in ways you wouldn't expect. For one, it's actually very developed (second biggest city in Thailand) with many big modern malls. Also, the cellular infrastructure is great and you can get a SIM card for re…
> with many big modern malls Maya and ? The other other 1 or 2 are literally falling apart they're so old and empty
Central Festival and Maya are both awesome. CentralPlaza by the airport is pretty nice. Promenada is also nice, but a bit quiet and far away from everything. I think KSK is the only one I would call old and falling apart, but it's not so bad. I think it has character. It's definitely the weirdest and hugest brick building I've ever seen. I like all the strange empty spaces and hallways, and the bowling alley tucked away in the corner.
EDIT: Haha whaaaaat, I must have been to KSK 50 times and I never knew it had this huge theater [1]. I feel like I discover something new every time I wander around this place.
[1] http://www.topchiangmai.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/%E0%B...
Re: Ask HN: My company has been acquired and I'm kicked out. What should I do now?
#159Earlier quoted context omitted.
I feel if you want to participate in this community you should have the courtesy to add a disclaimer to your comment that you run a trading school (the link in your profile) when you make comments like this. Also, to me personally, it seems like you're kind of making up what you just said (to get people to go to your trading school). Can you post some proof that your family is set for "generations"? (For example can…
Are you kidding me? All trading schools are scams ran by con artists - this is what my profile says in a nutshell...
All right. If you want to send anonymous proof (you can blank out your details) of the size of your accounts, you can email me at the email in my profile. I'll then post here saying I've verified your claim, if you want. Until then it seems like you are still primarily trying to promote your web site here and I don't have any reason to believe your claim about how much money you've made trading. Overall your claims seem false to me at the moment, since nobody else spends as much time promoting their approaches here on HN as you do. (Of course, you could just be enthusiastic.) You seem to have a very direct conflict of interest which you don't mention at all in your comments, unlike everyone else who posts on questions related to their projects or work.
Re: Ask HN: My company has been acquired and I'm kicked out. What should I do now?
#160You from India? Looks like your startup is one of the fallouts that are happening in Indian startup ecosystem.