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I've worked for a place that would only hire MS or PhD grads.
> I've worked for a place that would only hire MS or PhD grads. Specialized regions aside, how bad was their code?
We are still hiring at Fractal (NFT marketplace for gaming assets). We're a revenue generating company with fewer than 15 team members that just raised $35m in new funding. Founded by experienced founders. https://jobs.lever.co/fractal-is/
Anything relating to NFTs sounds like the absolute opposite of a recession-proof job.
2) This transition will take 10 years - we are building for that timeline
3) We raised a ton of money and have a lean team, and can exist for >5 years without revenue. We are keeping our team lean to maintain that level of runway.
4) For whatever reason, people are still buying gaming NFTs right now (as of this week). Of course, that may change quickly.
We are still hiring at Fractal (NFT marketplace for gaming assets). We're a revenue generating company with fewer than 15 team members that just raised $35m in new funding. Founded by experienced founders. https://jobs.lever.co/fractal-is/
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The fact that you cite VC funded and then headcount as your only metric of success is hilarious.
I wasn't trying to communicate level of success, just economic context and the fact that jobs are available there. But since you ask: $57M ARR, 117% NRR, 97% YoY growth, 51 NPS, named a best place to work in [insert regional business journal] for the last 4 years in a row, customers really love us, and employees really love working here. I don't know how reliable Glassdoor is considered to be these days, but we're ra…
People aren't joining YC to build a sustainable business. They are doing it for a shot at selling their shares on secondary market if they can't IPO, or dumping it on retailers through direct listing
The good news is that these failing startups will end up generating a ton of businesses for those that had been financially stable and conservative. Those are the ones to look at.
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This can be hit and miss so needs some persistence. For me, not living in SF or even the USA, there is not really a tech culture to the point where the Pizza delivery person wants to talk about Monads (a story I read somewhere...). However if you are not in a tech city, and don't want to move to one, then online is great. Here is what you can do. 1. Find stuff on Show HN or HN (or Reddit etc.) generally that you are…
> However if you are not in a tech city, and don't want to move to one, then online is great. Here is what you can do. I live 40 miles north of Wichita Kansas USA. There's no tech - there's no city even. Here's what I did: I got to know a recruiter in Wichita. Turns out she's a rock star - one of the leaders in the region at recruting tech. Met a guy on an flight from Atlanta to Wichita. We got together and talked ge…
But seriously, that's awesome what you did. You did the hard work so those other 20 people could benefit.
Some of us have lived through multiple recessions. You'll do fine. What you might have to accept is that the FANG compensation that we've gotten used to could be reduced for quite a while. No one can really say how deep this recession will go or how it will affect SWEs. I would be defensive though. Get a job soon, even if its not your dream job, and start building experience while accumulating savings.
Long term you'll be fine, but don't be complacent.
I dropped out of school in 1999, and got laid off in 2001 at the start of that recession. I couldn't get a job in 2001 or 2002, so I went back to school and got scholarships to live off of, and graduated in 2003. Recession was still ongoing but I got lucky and had a friend from the first job help me get a job, but other than that, I wasn't getting a lot of interviews. I had friends who were getting hired and then lai…
Do yourself a favor though and don’t get any student loans. You’ll be setting yourself up for a future of pain.
It is going to be much much worse than 2008 and 2000, combined.
They are not going to be able to collect student loans for a very long time.
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In 2001 I had a friend get a job and then get fired with severance before his start date!
That sounds amazing. How do I get in on that ride? :)
I dropped out of school in 1999, and got laid off in 2001 at the start of that recession. I couldn't get a job in 2001 or 2002, so I went back to school and got scholarships to live off of, and graduated in 2003. Recession was still ongoing but I got lucky and had a friend from the first job help me get a job, but other than that, I wasn't getting a lot of interviews. I had friends who were getting hired and then lai…
Do yourself a favor though and don’t get any student loans. You’ll be setting yourself up for a future of pain.
My sister wouldn’t be a pharmacist without student loans and she is about as far from living in pain as someone can get.