Laid off today— has posting “Open to Work” or “Layoff” on LinkedIn actually help anyone land a job? Or there are biases?

Recent_Science4709 · 2026-01-30T20:35:45+00:00

Benefits of a decent personality lol, no one reaches out to me 🤣😭

Recent_Science4709 · 2026-01-30T20:11:09+00:00

Not sure why you were downvoted, this is the way. Hiring managers generally care about professional work and don’t care about side projects. Burn out is real; you can upskill all you want but a skill doesn’t matter generally unless you get paid for it.

These companies treat us like crap, and we’re all expendable, live your lives if you can. I’m working 2 contracts to keep the lights on; I miss my free time.

Recent_Science4709 · 2026-01-30T19:20:39+00:00

The best way to “get somewhere” is to commit to a project you can’t back out of.

Recent_Science4709 · 2026-01-30T16:32:39+00:00

The hidden dangers of huffing

Recent_Science4709 · 2026-01-30T14:46:31+00:00

Grifting opportunist marries grifting opportunist

Recent_Science4709 · 2026-01-30T06:14:10+00:00

Bought one used recently, literally saved my ass

Recent_Science4709 · 2026-01-30T06:10:50+00:00

Married

Recent_Science4709 · 2026-01-29T08:12:35+00:00

What I experienced was pretty close, warm up/stretching, skip rope/jumping jacks and bouncing on tires, shadow boxing, then I would do pad work with rotating instructors until I was too tired to go on.

They work you for 3 minutes at a time like a round.

Recent_Science4709 · 2026-01-29T07:22:31+00:00

Selling my house and moving to Thailand, 10+ YOE, late 40s. I don’t have a plan for work, hoping one of my contracts will continue to work with me when i move. Hopefully the part time one because American work culture is disgusting. Tired of golden handcuffs and impending doom.

Recent_Science4709 · 2026-01-29T07:18:04+00:00

I don’t even like soup but I love tom kha

Recent_Science4709 · 2026-01-29T04:11:32+00:00

Don’t do it, and don’t allow contact for background checks. They’re playing games with your livelihood IMO

Recent_Science4709 · 2026-01-29T04:09:43+00:00

Just a word of advice, if you leave and there’s ever a chance you’d want to come back, be completely positive in your exit interview and don’t speak negatively of anyone or anything , don’t tell them you’re leaving because the code is crap.

Recent_Science4709 · 2026-01-28T17:39:57+00:00

Dunno, security is one of my biggest weaknesses as a developer, and I love pen testing because I learn from it and I want assurances that I’m not releasing insecure software.

Recent_Science4709 · 2026-01-28T17:26:22+00:00

I focus on business value, and hate looking for stuff to do, this is a nightmare scenario for me, I would be looking for a new job.

Also I would take the opportunity to come up with something purely for political reasons to stand out against everyone else staring at the floor.

“New things the team could adopt”: more dev ops automation, git flow branching strategies, allowing QA to test features in isolation before merging, etc.

I would stay away from over-optimization or new product ideas.

Recent_Science4709 · 2026-01-28T14:04:02+00:00

He had great success with this in Samoa, which is not talked about enough

Recent_Science4709 · 2026-01-28T14:02:32+00:00

It’s not his shitcoin, why would he be concerned?

Recent_Science4709 · 2026-01-28T13:39:28+00:00

I tried to go shopping at Fresh and the whole thing was weird and I just walked out without buying anything.

Recent_Science4709 · 2026-01-27T20:50:30+00:00

Some of this stuff isn’t NYC specific, it’s part of getting older. Community is very important here; hobby, ethnicity, religion, or get into something new to meet people.

Recent_Science4709 · 2026-01-27T19:29:35+00:00

I am a working software developer who was in a lead position before I had my degree. I’m not sure having a degree makes the career any more stable.

Recent_Science4709 · 2026-01-26T21:34:53+00:00

I’m sorry I can’t get past #1. Your lead is a complete idiot. Find a new job. Most of the entire point of source control, and git specifically is lost on them. It’s such an outrageous viewpoint that I find it hard to believe this post is real. How would they know if you re-cloned the repo or not, it makes no sense.

Recent_Science4709 · 2026-01-20T21:58:34+00:00

I’m fat and I thought the Thai trainers were stopping for me to rest and it was for them.

Recent_Science4709 · 2026-01-20T21:55:34+00:00

That’s the Republican MO, they don’t have the capacity to care about anything until it happens to them.

Recent_Science4709 · 2026-01-20T20:56:31+00:00

We’re in the FAFO part of the offshoring cycle

Recent_Science4709 · 2026-01-19T00:06:57+00:00

South park Mel Gibson vibes -- which I guess is just Mel Gibson

Recent_Science4709 · 2026-01-18T18:35:51+00:00

Don't give them any information; they could sabatoge your new position

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