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by meteor 3981 days ago
I was working with a friend whom I consider as a very good programmer. She had just joined our company. She told me that she was fired from the previous company as the company was not doing well. I was surprised to know that how a company could let go such a good resource. It seems she was in 'entry level' category. As the company was not doing all that well financially, they had to let go most of their employees who were at 'entry level'.

While it seemed unfair to me, she was actually happy about it. She said as the company was not doing well there is always a tension around as who will be fired next. And she was glad that this finally happened to her. It was then she started searching for jobs and realized her true potential. Now, she is getting paid really well. The challenge with the companies which are not doing really well is that there is always a knife which is hanging around your neck. And you ll never know when this knife will be dropped. Now that you are relieved from this company(knife), you should start feeling better. There are nice companies out there. You ll find them. Everything happens for a reason.

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This is almost exactly what happened to me. Internal turmoil, people moving around. Thanks, this was encouraging.