[larryfreeman]

Each time I have been laid off, the opportunity afterwards has been significantly better. Perhaps, I have just been lucky.

After my first lay off, I got a job at Sun Microsystems in 1999. I was able to buy a house. After my second lay off from Sun in 2007, I was able to receive a significant promotion as a director. After my third lay off in 2017, I was able to find a great opportunity at Walmart where I no longer have management responsibilities.

If I hadn't lined up my next job so quickly, I definitely would have started my own company or consulting business. The most important thing is to believe in yourself, stay current, and prepare to ride the next wave in technology. :-)

[k310]

Small world. That sales job was a sales/system engineer at Sun. My world-class sales rep left. For a while, I handled both jobs at once, and it was easier than working with the ding-dong they hired in her place.

Left for a startup where I had the title of I.T. director, though that soon became the entire I.T. department. (ouch) But such is life. It tends to be maximally weird.