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Not knowing anything else, there's a good chance you know your position may be gone in the next 3-8 months... One man shops can do a lot, but for a tech start

Not knowing anything else, there's a good chance you know your position may be gone in the next 3-8 months... One man shops can do a lot, but for a tech startup of note it's a joke. This window is the time to get your resume together, watch online courses on company time, and start using some hot new tech in some capacity at your job. Your time should be focused on building your resume and attractiveness on the job market, and to differentiate yourself from other applicants.

MrTortoise 8y ago
And the company will close faster. You killed it. Don't join a startup.
- geezerjay 8y ago
  It's not fair or reasonable to pin the blame of failing a business on the last employee being fired. Even if that last employee did any harm to the company, that would be like blaming that ladt straw for injuring that poor inocent camel.
- bonesss 8y ago
  The company will close faster? Oh no! Muuuuuch better to work 80 hour weeks, get a serious case of burnout, have no resume developed, not be prepared for your job search, and keep those-people-who-are-not-you's business going... what... a single day longer? A week? Or how about the most likely scenario? 0 seconds longer. I'm not sure how much value a single engineer can create for a whole company between current date and company shutdown, amidst the layoffs and all... But if the marginal difference between 100% productivity and 25% productivity of a single engineer for a couple months is directly visible on the companies overall revenue, to the point its termination-date is meaningfully altered, then you have either got someone who will be working at Amaz-oogle in weeks time regardless (and no good explanation for going under!), or we're talking about a revenue stream that is comparable to selling aluminium cans found in the trash. Things are already trending south. Self-interest is a moral imperative. The rats that staple their feet to boats drown.
Communitivity 8y ago
Do get your resume together..but your resume should always be together. Always assume tomorrow might be your last day on your job (documentation, resume, networking, etc.), and you will be in a much better position. I have been working as an consultant in my current domain since 2001 (for various reasons, risk of going full-time on a startup hasn't been something I could do), and have never been out of work, in a very volatile area. That said, you get what you give. DO NOT watch videos on their dime, unless your manager tells you that you can take courses and study some as part of your professional development, which they should unless in a crunch (no professional development is a major red flag). DO go to work every day as if you were a footballer stepping onto the field in the Final. Even if the startup fails, the people you meet will go on to other jobs. Stay in touch with them, because networking is key...for people networking well the resume is simply a formality. The people you've worked with know your skills, and in some ways more importantly know they can work well with you.

MrTortoise 8y ago

And the company will close faster. You killed it. Don't join a startup.

geezerjay 8y ago
It's not fair or reasonable to pin the blame of failing a business on the last employee being fired. Even if that last employee did any harm to the company, that would be like blaming that ladt straw for injuring that poor inocent camel.
bonesss 8y ago
The company will close faster? Oh no! Muuuuuch better to work 80 hour weeks, get a serious case of burnout, have no resume developed, not be prepared for your job search, and keep those-people-who-are-not-you's business going... what... a single day longer? A week? Or how about the most likely scenario? 0 seconds longer. I'm not sure how much value a single engineer can create for a whole company between current date and company shutdown, amidst the layoffs and all... But if the marginal difference between 100% productivity and 25% productivity of a single engineer for a couple months is directly visible on the companies overall revenue, to the point its termination-date is meaningfully altered, then you have either got someone who will be working at Amaz-oogle in weeks time regardless (and no good explanation for going under!), or we're talking about a revenue stream that is comparable to selling aluminium cans found in the trash. Things are already trending south. Self-interest is a moral imperative. The rats that staple their feet to boats drown.

Communitivity 8y ago

Do get your resume together..but your resume should always be together. Always assume tomorrow might be your last day on your job (documentation, resume, networking, etc.), and you will be in a much better position. I have been working as an consultant in my current domain since 2001 (for various reasons, risk of going full-time on a startup hasn't been something I could do), and have never been out of work, in a very volatile area. That said, you get what you give. DO NOT watch videos on their dime, unless your manager tells you that you can take courses and study some as part of your professional development, which they should unless in a crunch (no professional development is a major red flag). DO go to work every day as if you were a footballer stepping onto the field in the Final. Even if the startup fails, the people you meet will go on to other jobs. Stay in touch with them, because networking is key...for people networking well the resume is simply a formality. The people you've worked with know your skills, and in some ways more importantly know they can work well with you.