HalvarFlakeJan 21, 2023

The Google layoffs remind me: When I considered starting my first company I worried about "job security".

My then-girlfriend said:

"Big companies do not provide job security. They provide the service that you are the last person to know when the job is gone."

Wisdom.

Show threadCaffe Neko
@HalvarFlake Most important thing someone working a tech job should do is pay off debts and build a 6 month emergency fund to last one through a search for a new job. Do this before buying a new truck or a hot tub or a trip to Europe, etc. We lived on half our income for years to get out of student loan debt. Now saving to fully fund the emergency fund. Years ago I got laid off the very day we were putting our house on the market to move up in house. Never again.
Jan 21, 2023 at 6:32pmWeb
Show threadHalvarFlakeJan 21, 2023
@caffeneko yeah def, I've always lived my life w at least 6 months living cost buffer, even as student (financed myself starting age 18).