Build you own thing ASAP
Don't wait for a painful layoff
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Hey Data Geek.
Today, I wanted to discuss (again) why you need to build your “small empire”.
Build your own thing now
I don’t know why I felt that, but I knew that if Broadcom would acquire Vmware; the next thing would be a layoff. And unfortunately, I was right.
It’s not fun to be part of a layoff.
Many years ago, I was let go by the company I was working at that time; and to be honest: It was scary. I was in a different city ( far away from my hometown), living on a small rent, and with many bills to pay.
Fortunately, thanks to a good friend of mine (shout out to Yunior), I found a job very soon. This was almost 8 years ago, and at that time I understood I needed to build my own thing and not rely on a job anymore.
I’m not in that position yet, but since then, I've have taken baby steps to reach that goal.
Why I’m talking about this now? It’s sad to see a lot of posts from people who lost their jobs on LinkedIn; many people with mortgages, with big car payments, and with a big family to feed.
My advice?
Be prepared. Don’t wait for this. Build a side project( a newsletter like this one perhaps?).
It’s not easy but not impossible. Start a Data consulting gig on the side. Charge for your time.
Do it now. You will thank me later.
If you need help, send me a message marcos@awsgravitonweekly.com or happy to do an exploratory call with you.
Be prepared, my friend.
Who is hiring this week?
Ayanthi Gunawardana from 1-800-FLOWERS is hiring a Data Scientist. IDEA: Read this interesting article from Inc (Location: Jericho, NY or Hybrid; Salary range: 100,000/yr - $125,000/yr)
Keith Timko from Squarespace is hiring an Analytics Engineer. IDEA: Take a look at the pgbedrock project and write about it in your job application (Location: Remote US; Salary range: $110,500/yr - $178,250/yr)
Daniel Rothamel from North Labs is hiring an Analytics Engineer. IDEA: Buy the amazing Data Modeling with Snowflake book from Serge Gershkovich (Location: Remote US; Salary range: $114,000 - $134,000 per year)
Jonas Wallenius from DigitalRoute is looking for a Senior Software Engineer with strong Data and AWS knowledge. IDEA: Read its blog (Location: Stockholm, Sweden; Salary range: Not shared)
Alex Francis from Apple is hiring a Product Manager for its Ad Platforms. IDEA: Read this and this (Location: New York City, New York, United States; Salary range: $138,900 to $256,500)
Good luck with your job application
Interesting resources of the week
Announcing: DuckDB Code Snippets Sets with MotherDuck Sharing, by Ryan Boyd
Transforming MLOps at DoorDash with Machine Learning Workbench, by Nachiket Paranjape and Archit Jha
Tool of the week
Airbook: The fastest way to build and share your data work
Try it and thank me later. You will love it
Marcos out