Ask HN: Laid off after 2 months. What exactly should I be doing?
I'm a guy with very little experience, CS degree, currently living in Texas, and was laid off by another company before this. I found a job after a long job search. I cancelled my other job offer, spent all my savings ($2k on rent, flight, AirBnB, etc), and moved across the country to work here in a sort of suburban city with no way to get around. I was planning on saving up money and building up my life here. After 2 months, I was laid off. I have no car, no insurance, practically no money, etc. It costs $50 round trip just to Uber into downtown, so I end up holed in my apartment. Not to mention the cost to go to meetups and on-site interviews (yeah, no one has once offered to pay). I've been searching for about 4 months. I've made it to several on-sites, but never got an offer and don't know exactly what I'm doing wrong. Like one company would say I passed, the
Why it failed
I'm a guy with very little experience, CS degree, currently living in Texas, and was laid off by another company before this. I found a job after a long job search. I cancelled my other job offer, spent all my savings ($2k on rent, flight, AirBnB, etc), and moved across the
- Kind
- startup
- Status
- Shut down
- Inventor
- throawawy3242
- Ended
- 2018
- Source
- hackernews