Through the thickest and the thinnest (Part 2)

A short add on to the previous interview. Don't be scared to be the one laying off your employer.

M

So footnote for you that came to me after this interview. The one learning I had from the first job I quit a job. I think this really shaped my whole career honestly in the whole start up and planning for being unemployed thing. I quit a job early on in my first job. I quit without a new job because I wanted to interview with the company that worked with where I was currently at so I couldn't interview there while I worked there. It would have created a conflict of interest. I was like I'll get a job. I'm hired. I had no problem getting a job out of college so I'll get another one. I quit to interview there. I had another job coming down the pipe (I thought) and then neither job worked out and ended up unemployed for a year at like 23. I think the big learning that I took away from that was like you can survive without a job. You aren't as reliant on money as you think. Now once you in a house and you have a kid and your family's responsibilities that can change. For sure it's a lot easier at 23 then is it 35 where I am now, but I think people are very scared of that. I certainly was like the idea of being unemployed and having been through it now. I'm probably on the second hand in terms of number of times I've been without a job on purpose. Some for longer than they were intended to even if they were planned. It is a very manageable situation I think and not to be too scared of. I think another advice I would offer to people like if you have any level of savings and can budget and you know you have a support network. But hopefully you can lean on or whatever...it's not easy, but it is a thing that you don't need to be completely deathly afraid of. If you're stuck in a job that you absolutely hate or whatever because there's always jobs that will help you get your rent paid out there. You can always go get up server job.

Me

Drive Uber 

M

Exactly yeah, especially with the gig economy that stuff wasn't quite around the first time I did it, but I'd imagine it's easier to like help you make ends meet if you'd absolutely need to while you figure out what to do next.

Me

Yeah, I mean most people were a broke college student and if you survive that...

M

Exactly oh yeah, I mean when I quit I was eating Ramen every day for lunch. That was what I was doing like I would struggle to do that like I think my stomach at 35 would struggle to do that.

Me

Right 

M

Yeah, I think especially if you're young and like just out of college and haven't bought a house or kids yet I think you can and maybe even should be a little more reckless with your job till you find the right fit because I think I wouldn't have I not accidentally ended up unemployed. I think in that situation. My career wouldn't have gone the way it did it all and I think that would've been unfortunate. I think like that gave me the confidence to go into this field that is known for constant layoffs and job change and turnover. And feel comfortable there so even if now like losing job hurts a hell of a lot more than it did then, but I'm not as scared of it as I was then.