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Brian MacDonaldHey, folks. Big layoffs at DigitalOcean today, and my team and I were hit. In fact, so was my adjacent team, and a good chunk of my department. I don't have much reach here on Mastodon yet, but if anybody wants to discuss opportunities for a technical editor / writer / manager of same, I'm up for it.
alejandronanez@bmac @vmbrasseur Iβm sorry to hear that π
Ted Cutezynski@bmac Sorry to hear.
@cindycrum on Twitter@bmac boosting!
Willem Van den Ende - Writing@bmac the writing was one of the reasons to keep a droplet at #DigitalOcean. Often very helpful. Was...
Rodger@bmac sorry to hear that, boosted.
endeavorance ποΈ@bmac That is a HUGE bummer. I use DO for a lot of stuff. I'm extremely disappointed to hear about this, and I'm sorry that this happened to you :/
mikej@bmac I have 3-4 SRE 1-2 positions open for anyone impacted who might be interested https://www.mediavine.com/jobs/ -- we're adtech, disable adblocker to see them
Leon Bambrick@bmac digital ocean has fantastic writing and editing, very helpful content. If you and your colleagues were a part of that then I wish to say thank you very much. Stellar work. π
@secretgeek Thanks! We enjoyed making them, and it's always great to hear from the community.
Phil Clifford@bmac @secretgeek
DO was a superb source of excellent, accurate, clear and comprehensive guidance. Thanks to you, your team, colleagues and community for that. Best wishes with the job hunt.
DO was a superb source of excellent, accurate, clear and comprehensive guidance. Thanks to you, your team, colleagues and community for that. Best wishes with the job hunt.
Tonya Marie π³οΈββ§οΈ@bmac Do you want this boosted around?
@TonyaMarie Looks like that's happening already, but please feel free to join in. Thanks!
Ben Cotton (he/him)@bmac well that sucks out loud. I'm sorry, friend.
Bogie B. π¨π¦ πΊπΈ@bmac
I wish you, family, & team well. I've been through 2 layoffs and survived a 3rd.
https://www.theregister.com/2023/02/15/digitalocean_layoffs/
"DigitalOcean on Wednesday told staff it was laying off about 11 percent of them, or approximately 200 employees."
Druid@bmac refuse to panic.
Sam Hetchler (Kg6hxm)
Julie Lerman@bmac uggh! So sorry
Amir Sarabadani@bmac Hi. Wikimedia foundation is hiring, feel free to share with your people
https://wikimediafoundation.org/about/jobs/
https://wikimediafoundation.org/about/jobs/
Molly B@bmac Oh Brian! I'm so sorry! I hope you and your team are OK.
Ryan Henry@bmac Here's a good company that might be interested (tell them I sent you) https://www.a2hosting.com/about/careers
Nick Silkey π» N5ILK πͺπͺ΅ πͺ£π§@bmac gonna miss you and your peers lots, bmac. :sammy-heart:
β§TJCβ§@bmac dang, I used to love digital ocean hosting, though I assumed aws might eat their lunch at some point. Super slick website too.
We are a fintech startup if any of your mates are looking, but at this time I donβt think we need a technical writer just yet
jobelenus@bmac so sorry
Meera Datey@bmac β€οΈ
VΓctor JimΓ©nez Cerrada@bmac Really sorry. ππ«.
Got technical writer positions open from time to time in my team at Sysdig (Content Engineer). But they are usually south europe, remote :/.
https://sysdig.com/careers/open-positions/
Anyway, boosting, good luck! π€πΌ
Askan πͺπΊ@bmac
Sorry to hear that.
Sorry to hear that.
Vox Populi@bmac @fivebridges Iβm so sorry!
Aria Burrell π¨π¦@bmac sorry to hear. Also, oh goodie, thoughts on how fucked us DO users (incl. mastodon hosts) are in the wake of this?
@litui I'm not thrilled about the situation, but the company is still there, doing what it does. More than that, I'm constrained from saying.
@bmac yeah I figured as much, no worries. I wish you all the best in your job search and know those skills will be put to good use elsewhere (and that DO is harming only themselves by letting go of good talent).
@bmac btw, even if looking for remote, it might help to point out in your profile or posts at least what country you're based out of. We're often looking to hire/contract but subject to regulatory restrictions on country of residence and such.
Franziska@bmac We're actually lookimg for a technical writer currently, but your german would have to be very good (involves legal and compliance stuff) ...
Bleistifterin@bleistifterin seibert.biz/jobs :)
@kunsi Danke!
Nachdem ich mich etwas dzrch die Homepage gefrΓ€st habe, wie steht ihr denn zu remote work?
(Wohne ziemlich weit weg von Wiesbaden...)
Nachdem ich mich etwas dzrch die Homepage gefrΓ€st habe, wie steht ihr denn zu remote work?
(Wohne ziemlich weit weg von Wiesbaden...)
@bleistifterin Kommt auf den Job an. Das meiste ist Remote mΓΆglich.
FLOX Advocate@bmac @yaelwrites and @estherschindler often know about writing opportunities
Are you going to be at SCaLE this year? We have Open Source Career Day Sunday
@FLOX_advocate @yaelwrites @estherschindler Sadly, I declined to speak at SCaLE this year (I was on the reserve list). It's a bit of a haul from the East Coast, and now I'd be paying for it myself. Love the conference, though.
@bmac @yaelwrites @estherschindler I like the talk you proposed, was hoping to see it
Yeah, SCaLE is a bit further off for you. murph is coming in from NJ, maybe you can stowaway in his luggage :)
@FLOX_advocate @yaelwrites @estherschindler Thanks! I'm glad you liked it. One of my short-term goals is to properly record my talks and post them somewhere for general consumption. I've got some free time now.
Joe@bmac I don't work there but I saw Supabase was looking for a Technical Documentation Lead recently: https://boards.greenhouse.io/supabase/jobs/4796595004
Philip Zastrow@bmac Ugh. Sorry to hear that Brian.
Shauna GM@bmac #SupportTechWorkers #Solidarity #FediHire
https://jawns.club/@bmac/109870721852938660
RT Hey, folks. Big layoffs at DigitalOcean today, and my team and I were hit. In fact, so was my adjacent team, and a good chunk of my department. I don't have much reach here on Mastodon yet, but if anybody wants to discuss opportunities for a technical editor / writer / manager of same, I'm up for it.
Brian MacDonald (@[email protected])
Hey, folks. Big layoffs at DigitalOcean today, and my team and I were hit. In fact, so was my adjacent team, and a good chunk of my department. I don't have much reach here on Mastodon yet, but if anybody wants to discuss opportunities for a technical editor / writer / manager of same, I'm up for it.
NoctisEqui πΊπ¦π΅πΈπͺπΉπ³οΈβπ@bmac
The economy should work for people, not the other way around.
The economy should work for people, not the other way around.
Paul Shread@bmac Hey Brian, we need tech writers and editors - plus a bunch of tech/engineer and other openings too
https://technologyadvice.com/careers/
https://technologyadvice.com/careers/
Ben Chase@bmac If any infrastructure/sysadmin folks are looking for work, lmk.
Katiuscia Cassemiro@bmac I don't think this fits all tastes, but for the ones with editorial inclination, #PRXQuantum is hiring a full-time staff. Visit the website for more info.
Doug BostromFor folks unfamiliar with Digital Ocean "how to" and other documentation and doing a tech writing hire, take a look at some of that and then notice that here's a member of that obviously excellent team freely available.
==DO's docs are top notch.==
Sorry for you, Brian.
Honey Sukesan (She/her)@bmac Sad to hear that. Commenting here for better reach. I'm sure you will be getting to a new job soon.
Deb Goodkin@bmac Let me know if anyone is interested in doing technical writing for the FreeBSD Project. They can email me at [email protected].
@dgoodkin Hi, Deb, sorry about the delay getting back to you; it's been a busy couple of weeks. Would this technical writing position be full-time, contract, or volunteer?
Brewster Kahlewhy are they laying people off if they are doing stock buybacks 2 days ago ?
and 2 days ago "DigitalOcean Holdings, Inc. (DOCN) Q4 Earnings and Revenues Beat Estimates"
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/digitalocean-holdings-inc-docn-q4-132501003.html
@brewsterkahle Heck if I know. Layoffs seem to be what all the cool kids are doing these days.
Marc Philipp@bmac Gradle (my employer) is looking for a technical writer: https://boards.greenhouse.io/gradle/jobs/3694977
@marcphilipp Thanks, Marc! I've added it to my team chat.
Gracie Gato@bmac sorry man. Iβm in the same club.
Greg@bmac check IBM for strong content teams
@gregalotl Thanks, but that was a couple of months ago now, so I've got a new job already.