I was laid off this week. This makes the 4th time in my career. Of course, IT is often precarious field. After the initial gut punch and a few days off, I'll start job hunting again. And sadly, just 3 years out before I could retire if I want to. I feel like I may be wearing a red shirt in Star Fleet.
Why do I bring this up here? Because of my 1st layoff decades ago, I started this blog to play with some Traveller trading software. Though the blog has definitely changed a bit over the years, I have been getting back to the software side of things for this (30+ updates since I started the .NET Core version). Oddly enough that ancient 1st version, still on GitHub I think. (and a quick check later, apparently that does not seem to be there. It was Winforms which is still a great UI thing in many ways! It may be buried on a drive somewhere - I'll have to look. It even used the TravellerMap APIs for a number of things)
I knew this was coming anyway - the new CTO was a previous CTO and every time the IT department gets a new person, they fire someone. I was pretty sure I was on that chopping block!
Regardless, it means I'll spend a bit more time playing with the software, trying not to freak out, and pet my cats and dog a heck of a lot. I'll note that every time I have been laid off, I've gotten a job that usually ended up being better in one way or another. And technically I could early retire but it is the insurance costs that hold me back from that. Plus, I really like working and solving problems.
Anyway - I'll be okay. Eventually. You may even get more game blog posts as this does give me more time to read the stuff I have, do more game prep, and read! Though I did just finish that last book today. But I've bookcases full of books to go back through then!
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| some interesting clouds I saw the other day |
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| always look up - things will get better! Or there is a bug on the ceiling. |
4 comments:
I feel for you. Especially about that bug on the ceiling.
It will be okay one way or another. Things have a way of working out - not always the way I think they would but then that would make life boring. Though I could use a little boring.
And that cat is named June Bug, and she never did catch that bug on the ceiling.
UGH. That really sucks. That was me in 2024, finally got a new full time spot after being a consultant for about 18 months. The market out there is terrible.
This is the 4th time in my career. Applying to about 4-6 jobs a day, buffed up the resume and LinkedIn profile. I tick a lot of the boxes people are looking for, but them, several hundred others do as well. Fortunately, after the 1st time 30-some years ago (!) I started saving up enough to be good for a few months. But I still freak out and then worry I put too much of myself into my job.
But something will come up; if all else, I can put boxes on shelves at Lowes down the street!
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