* you just interviewed with the shop across the street who offered you double, got fired right before you could spread the good news * your project never had a

* you just interviewed with the shop across the street who offered you double, got fired right before you could spread the good news * your project never had any customer, it was finally decided to kill it after 2 years * your project, oh wait, you had no project to work on. What were you doing this past year? No even you can tell. * you got replaced by a cheaper developer who's in his twenties, probably right out of a bootcamp. * you were at the bottom of the stack ranking. * your manager doesn't like you and he's got fire power. * the team was disbanded. half the guys are moving to a new project, half the guys are laid off. you were in the bad half. * no more budget to pay salaries. Sorry guys.