r/cscareerquestions • u/aaplh • Nov 21 '24
Laid off after 2.5 years
Not much to say. Grinded my ass off to land my first software engineering job at my company and was laid off today. Typical corporate “restructuring” that led to me getting let go for no good reason. I did get 3 months of severance along with reimbursement for all my unused PTO, etc. at least.
Sucks because I remember posting here about how happy I was that all my leetcoding and resume review paid off and now I’m back to doing all that again. Along with the terrible market I’m already feeling a ton of demoralization to even start the grind all over again.
Any tips for someone like me who still feels inexperienced as hell but should technically be considered mid-levelish at this stage? My job was frontend focused with heavy React/Typescript usage but I’m open to any roles obviously. This was my first and only job out of college so I’m thinking stick to focusing on applying for frontend roles? Could I still apply to new grad/junior positions? Feeling really overwhelmed, any advice would be appreciated!
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u/Turbulent-Week1136 Nov 21 '24
Don't waste your 3 months severance licking your wounds. Apply for unemployment insurance immediately. Also immediately go looking for a new job right now. I know it sucks but you need to just have a stiff upper lip and keep moving forward. It's a bad situation but at least you have 2.5 years experience so you can leverage that. The key is to keep moving forward because the faster you get a new job the faster you will get a chance to take a break.