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This is an incredibly tough time for many folks who were impacted by the recent #layoffs.
But this can also be an opportunity to join the next killer startup or start your own.
Here are 5+5 resources for each that I would start with 👇
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Please share any other resources you may know of 🙏
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5/ If you were at Google, we are also hosting several events and programs.
Sign up on xoogler.co or read more about here:
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3/ Here’s a list of 10k jobs prepared by Jordan Crawford (blueprintgtm.com) with companies that are still hiring.
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1/ If you want to work at a startup instead, most VCs also have their own job portals.
No better place to find the hottest startups. E.g.
jobs.sequoiacap.com/jobs/
a16z.com/about/jobs/
jobs.accel.com
jobs.lsvp.com/jobs
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5/ There are also many friendly pre-seed funds that accept founders on Day 0 when the idea is on the back of a napkin.
This post has good list to start with:
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who are the best new/early angel investors and seed funds?
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4/ Some of such programs are run by world class operators that accept solo founders or a team.
Definitely check out and
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3/ Likewise runs a Start program.
Although they are not directly accepting applications right now, you can still find a warm intro to the team:
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2/ Many big funds have also started early stage programs.
E.g. you can apply to ‘s Arc program.
Application deadline is Feb 5th:
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1/ To start a startup yourself, there are some amazing programs you can apply to.
The most popular one is the . Their S23 applications are due April 7.
Apply here:
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This is an incredibly tough time for many folks who were impacted by the recent #layoffs.
But this can also be an opportunity to join the next killer startup or start your own.
Here are 5+5 resources for each that I would start with 👇
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if you were impacted by recent layoffs and are interested in joining a well-funded startup, don't miss this 👇
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Every time that I have to install a small package via brew, brew decides to do a system wide update!
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The US has officially hit its federal debt limit, triggering an intense political battle and potentially severe market declines.
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3 weeks into the year and I've already completed my mission of giving up on all my new year resolutions!
I trust #chatGPT can take it over from here!
#winning #procrastination
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It still boggles my mind that every day I go to work, make 10-20 decisions and at best I'll be right only 60-70% of the time.
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If they already hired you as a senior engineer, they see you as someone who is ready to make an impact, take up ownership quickly.
Prove them right!
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Suggest tech design improvements, do thoughtful code reviews, eliminate complex processes, automate tedious tasks, start new rituals.
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You are not too much into the weeds trying to meet the OKRs and bogged down with a full meetings calendar.
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This is the time when you have an outside perspective coming into the company.
You can bring in a lot of great ideas of how great things were done in a larger company and what to avoid / remove.
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When joining a company as a senior engineer coming from a larger company, the first 6-12 months are very critical to make an impact.
This will define how fast you can growth in that company.
I have done that several times. Here’s why:
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Wow, now we have 50+ RSVPs for the DX meetup tomorrow!! Last call for developers interested in joining our off-the-record DX meetup to learn from leaders at Netflix, RedHat, Elastic, Akamai, Coinbase, Pinterest and many more! dx.community
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We couldn't be more excited to host our second "off the record" meetup, this month with Nadeem Ahmad. The focus here will be on dev productivity, but we keep things loose. You never know what useful trick you'll pick up from a peer. Sign up at dx.community.
And if you are looking to join a fast growing early stage startup, we are hiring: aviator.co/jobs :)
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Perhaps over the years some of the value of YC has been diluted due to the scale of YC,
but the main ethos that and started YC with still lives on in every batch, converting these developers into sales people, and defining many success stories worldwide.
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Most of the educational content that is shared in the program is already available for free at but it’s hard to emulate the intensity of learning during the program.
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By the time of demo day, you have been trained well enough to be an effective salesperson.
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During the program, you also learn how to explain your product in simple words.
This helps you build a strong pitch both for hiring candidates and for potential investors.
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This produces two things:
(1) you can learn what others are doing and adopt their ideas, and
(2) it puts a peer pressure to find more customers.
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YC also puts you in a small section with peer founders to discuss weekly what’s working and what’s not.
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From day 1, YC forces you to talk to customers - find customers / design partners before even building the product.
There is a graveyard of startups who built some of the most amazing products before realizing that there’s no market for it 🪦
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It’s intellectually stimulating and is a controlled environment. So when I write code I know what to expect (for the most part! 🤷).
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But as developers, we feel more comfortable behind our keyboard building the product, solving world problems!
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As founders we need sales for everything - whether we are selling the product to customers, our vision to the investors or our company to our future employees.
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YC understands that great founders don't just need to build great tech — they need to sell it too!
YC picks the smart developers and teaches them sales.
And THAT is the secret sauce behind YC’s success!
Here’s how they do it 👇
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