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+Laid Off - 2023 Edition!
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+:author: tyrel
+:category: Personal
+:tags: work
+:status: published
+
+"Hey Tyrel, I put a meeting on your calendar, let me know if you can make it." The last words you want to hear from your manager.
+
+Well it happened again, and I got caught in some layoffs from work and am on the job hunt again. I did want to be able to spend more time with Astrid, but not like this!
+
+After the call with HR and them all explaining what was happening, and panic texting my wife and some friends. I emailed the recruiters I've been working with for a ffew weeks back, and all day today I've been appling to a lot of places.
+
+There are a LOT of jobs out there I'm not interested in, a lot of Ruby on Rails jobs, crypto companies, etc. But I am finding a LOT of Python or Go jobs I'm applying to. I'd love to get a job doing rust and firmware work, but that's unlikely as I want to stay remote, and I have very minimal Rust experience.
+
+What worries me is finding health insurance, because America ties it to work... my wife is unemployed and now we have to cancel a few appointments for us the next few weeks. Still going to keep Astrids 4mo vaccinations though. Those I'll be okay paying out of pocket for.
+
+I just ended the day applying to twelve jobs, hopefully one pans out!
+
+If anyone needs any Python consultation, let me know too! Thanks!
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+I am now Matrix Compatible
+##########################
+:author: tyrel
+:category: Tech
+:tags: matrix
+:status: published
+
+You can now message me on Matrix using `@tyrel:tyrel.dev <https://matrix.to/#/@tyrel:tyrel.dev>`_.
+
+I'm running Synapse.