Neugey for Saints Head Coach

turbo_dog · 01-09-2025, 04:02 PM

Neugey,

I've had very similar experiences lately. I've been a software engineer for most of my career. I was working for a silicon valley company in 2021, and got laid of with no warning or performance plan, etc. It took me eight months to find another job.

I finally took a job with a health tech startup, as a technical product owner. I basically served as a tech advisor to the engineering teams, and steered them towards automation and cloud architecture. This year, there was a lot of interference from C levels, where priorities were changed at the last minute and I had to argue about switching gears so often, leaving work that had been ongoing at 50-75 percent complete. I also am big on patient data privacy, and those same executives wanted to partner with several AI startups to train models. However, they wanted to use patient data that still contains patient information. I argued against this, as I know most of these AI startups just use API to connect to chatGPT, and it's not safe for patient privacy.

Long story short, I got laid off at the end of November. And these *******s only gave me two weeks of severence. Since I was already unhappy, I've been trying to get another job for most of this year. I've submitted almost 300 applications, had two interviews, and no offers. It's rough out there right now.

Despite all that, I never think about 'ending it'. But I'll be happy to take on an equipment manager job if we can get you to head coach!

Good luck and keep your head up!

neugey · 01-09-2025, 06:37 PM

Originally Posted by turbo_dog

Neugey,

I've had very similar experiences lately. I've been a software engineer for most of my career. I was working for a silicon valley company in 2021, and got laid of with no warning or performance plan, etc. It took me eight months to find another job.

I finally took a job with a health tech startup, as a technical product owner. I basically served as a tech advisor to the engineering teams, and steered them towards automation and cloud architecture. This year, there was a lot of interference from C levels, where priorities were changed at the last minute and I had to argue about switching gears so often, leaving work that had been ongoing at 50-75 percent complete. I also am big on patient data privacy, and those same executives wanted to partner with several AI startups to train models. However, they wanted to use patient data that still contains patient information. I argued against this, as I know most of these AI startups just use API to connect to chatGPT, and it's not safe for patient privacy.

Long story short, I got laid off at the end of November. And these *******s only gave me two weeks of severence. Since I was already unhappy, I've been trying to get another job for most of this year. I've submitted almost 300 applications, had two interviews, and no offers. It's rough out there right now.

Despite all that, I never think about 'ending it'. But I'll be happy to take on an equipment manager job if we can get you to head coach!

Good luck and keep your head up!

Thanks Turbo. Glad to know I'm not the only one. I'll be sending you a PM soon.

01-09-2025, 04:02 PM	#1
turbo_dog 1000 Posts + Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Atlanta Posts: 1,707	Re: Neugey for Saints Head Coach Neugey, I've had very similar experiences lately. I've been a software engineer for most of my career. I was working for a silicon valley company in 2021, and got laid of with no warning or performance plan, etc. It took me eight months to find another job. I finally took a job with a health tech startup, as a technical product owner. I basically served as a tech advisor to the engineering teams, and steered them towards automation and cloud architecture. This year, there was a lot of interference from C levels, where priorities were changed at the last minute and I had to argue about switching gears so often, leaving work that had been ongoing at 50-75 percent complete. I also am big on patient data privacy, and those same executives wanted to partner with several AI startups to train models. However, they wanted to use patient data that still contains patient information. I argued against this, as I know most of these AI startups just use API to connect to chatGPT, and it's not safe for patient privacy. Long story short, I got laid off at the end of November. And these *******s only gave me two weeks of severence. Since I was already unhappy, I've been trying to get another job for most of this year. I've submitted almost 300 applications, had two interviews, and no offers. It's rough out there right now. Despite all that, I never think about 'ending it'. But I'll be happy to take on an equipment manager job if we can get you to head coach! Good luck and keep your head up! SaintFanInATLHELL, neugey, leilung and 2 others like this.

01-09-2025, 06:37 PM	#2
neugey Hu Dat! Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 6,870 Blog Entries: 13	Re: Neugey for Saints Head Coach Originally Posted by turbo_dog Neugey, I've had very similar experiences lately. I've been a software engineer for most of my career. I was working for a silicon valley company in 2021, and got laid of with no warning or performance plan, etc. It took me eight months to find another job. I finally took a job with a health tech startup, as a technical product owner. I basically served as a tech advisor to the engineering teams, and steered them towards automation and cloud architecture. This year, there was a lot of interference from C levels, where priorities were changed at the last minute and I had to argue about switching gears so often, leaving work that had been ongoing at 50-75 percent complete. I also am big on patient data privacy, and those same executives wanted to partner with several AI startups to train models. However, they wanted to use patient data that still contains patient information. I argued against this, as I know most of these AI startups just use API to connect to chatGPT, and it's not safe for patient privacy. Long story short, I got laid off at the end of November. And these *******s only gave me two weeks of severence. Since I was already unhappy, I've been trying to get another job for most of this year. I've submitted almost 300 applications, had two interviews, and no offers. It's rough out there right now. Despite all that, I never think about 'ending it'. But I'll be happy to take on an equipment manager job if we can get you to head coach! Good luck and keep your head up! Thanks Turbo. Glad to know I'm not the only one. I'll be sending you a PM soon. leilung likes this.