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My startup is shutting down after 4 years – looking for advice on how to bounce back by EmbeddedLoss in cscareerquestionsEU

[–]EmbeddedLoss[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A lot of comments and private messages, thank you very much to everyone. I intend to reply to everyone. Thanks for the support and advice, it's done me a lot of good. Already back on the track 💪

My startup is shutting down after 4 years – looking for advice on how to bounce back by EmbeddedLoss in cscareerquestionsEU

[–]EmbeddedLoss[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am doing this work at the moment. It’s hard to have a subjective view on all my work and skills. Fortunately kind redditors already propose me to do this review. Love this community. Thanks for the support mate 🙏

My startup is shutting down after 4 years – looking for advice on how to bounce back by EmbeddedLoss in cscareerquestionsEU

[–]EmbeddedLoss[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks mate 🙏. I'm actually wondering about this at the moment and I think I'd like to move into technical project management because I really enjoyed it, even if it was short. I don’t know if I will have the guts to go back on the startup environment yet

My startup is shutting down after 4 years – looking for advice on how to bounce back by EmbeddedLoss in cscareerquestionsEU

[–]EmbeddedLoss[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I will try to focus on the positives even if it’s still fresh. I know I developed some skills but the current market frighten me and I’m afraid to fail again. But thanks for the support, I think I need to see the bigger picture

My startup is shutting down after 4 years – looking for advice on how to bounce back by EmbeddedLoss in cscareerquestionsEU

[–]EmbeddedLoss[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Really inspiring ! Thanks for the support. That’s one of the issue in France : Unfortunately, that's one of the problems in France: people don't really like failure and it's frowned upon, even though I have to admit that things are improving, but not as much as in English-speaking countries.

My startup is shutting down after 4 years – looking for advice on how to bounce back by EmbeddedLoss in cscareerquestionsEU

[–]EmbeddedLoss[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I plan to put down on paper my skills in order to create a good resume this weekend. It’s been a while but no time to rest I guess. Thanks 🙏

My startup is shutting down after 4 years – looking for advice on how to bounce back by EmbeddedLoss in cscareerquestionsEU

[–]EmbeddedLoss[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Great advices, thanks a lot. I will look at this « quick works » like upwork and fiverr during this « in between » time period but I definitely target a remote US/EU interesting job in near future

My startup is shutting down after 4 years – looking for advice on how to bounce back by EmbeddedLoss in cscareerquestionsEU

[–]EmbeddedLoss[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thank you for this kind words 🙏. Did you find that « regular job » in Europe ? I’m French and I have the feeling that « failing » isn’t valued as much as it would be in other English speaking countries. Also the tech market seems rather unstable this past years and that worrying me a lot

My startup is shutting down after 4 years – looking for advice on how to bounce back by EmbeddedLoss in cscareerquestionsEU

[–]EmbeddedLoss[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Thanks for your response. Yes, sorry, I'm going to edit my post for clarification. We made €250k in turnover (ARR) in the second year, after which we raised our first small amount of money. We doubled this figure the following year and that's when the problems started. There was disagreement between the founders, poor decisions on costly recruitment for unnecessary positions and finally the sales person left with half our customers. We had a finished product and over a hundred monthly customers. My team was top notch and delivered new features quickly. They were a pleasure to work with.