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tovanar
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So the story start like this, 6 months ago i left my job in a big company for an oportunitiy to work on a new one without all the bureocracy and shit and with better benefits , the first months were wonderful we were using a nice stack of technologies and the team that was assembled was a nice one with smart and hard working people with a few exceptions, but overall very good. One day out of the blue the manager started to presure us to release a project that was on time and wanted us to make extra hours and work on saturdays, sadly we blindly did because we cared for what we were creating, fast forwarding to yesterday, the whole team was called to a meeting and our contracts were terminated without previous advice because the company could not afford to pay us for more time and blahblahblah..., soo here i'm feeling used and sad but with renowed feelings about starting my own business!!

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  • 5
    What a shame dude, but hoping for things to get better soon for you 😉
  • 1
    @apex Thanks!
  • 3
    Do it! It's harder and scarier but ultimately more rewarding 👍🏻
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  • 1
    Happens, you give a lot to the company but the company kicks you on the back.
  • 2
    Dude I am feeling for you. I wish you good luck with your new project
  • 1
    @darkShadow07 Thanks mate!
  • 1
    Before they completely lay you off, corrupt their code base! On point of starting your own company, do it! I love the experience, you will too!
  • 1
    Thx 4 sharing, good luck and strenght 💪🏼
  • 1
    @danzig666 at self: typo, dumbass
  • 1
    Dude, that sucks. Sorry to hear it.
  • 3
    @uziiuzair Err no, dont corrupt their codebase. Stupid 'advice'.
  • 1
    Did the new company just spend all its money, or was the funding pulled or what?

    When you joined it as a new company, did you have any insight into their funding/monetary situation?
  • 3
    @spl0 a bit worse, they decided to terminate our contracts because they were not earning what they wanted to......and you know apparently developers are expendable assets
  • 2
    Well the way I see it is that there happen to now be a lot of other great developers looking for a job who would happily join your new startup... ;)
  • 2
    @tovanar These things can happen with small companies, but to be honest, if they folded within 6 months they didn't give it very long.

    It makes you wonder if it was a gamble from the start, or if something unexpected happened.

    Still - #LessonLearnt - check the funding of small companies if you can. Life goes on - you'll find a better job :-)

    Nobody can take your skills away!
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    @spl0 Truer words were never spoken. Thanks man!
  • 1
    Reminds me of this article about doing overtime. sorry man.http://thecodist.com/article/...
  • 0
    @dustyfoot this pretty sums it up "Then you read a lot of stories where people worked enormous hours only to be laid off soon after the ship date"
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