I spend a lot of time on Twitter helping people as much as I can and I never ask for anything in return. Now it I need to ask for help. I quit a stable job a couple of months ago to work at a startup. I was told yesterday that the startup isn't able to pay me any longer.
It's not anyone's fault, it's just how startups work. I knew the risk I was taking and I knew that this was a possibility. The problem is that I need to get some income by the end of the month or I might not be able to pay my mortgage.
Though this was always a possibility I wasn't prepared for it to happen this fast. Unfortunately, since I was working remotely I took my daughter out of daycare and now there is no way to get her back in anytime soon because the wait-list is really long.
I will need to work remotely at least until she starts school in September. I am really looking for ANYTHING. I'll be more than happy to do any work at just about any rate.
I'm willing to come on as a full-time hire, short-term hire, part-time, contract work, even if you want to pay me to help with a single feature, I'm down.
I hope I'm not coming across as too desperate. I'm just really worried. Please share this, retweet, talk to your friends and family to see if anyone needs a website or website work, etc.
I feel like an idiot for putting myself in this position. I really appreciate everyone on Twitter and I try very hard not to abuse my account for personal gain but I also need to take care of my family.
I don't want to annoy anyone by @ ing a bunch of people so please, if you see this can you give a quick retweet? Thanks
My main skillset that I'm most comfortable with is C#.NET Core. I've worked on an Enterprise React app with .NET backend and an Enterprise level Vue app with .NET backend. I'm also really good at WordPress.
Just updated this today, Pay no attention to the date in the file name. dropbox.com/s/o31igektgf1y…
UPDATE: I want to thank everyone truly from the bottom of my heart. I’m sorry if I didn’t get back to everyone. The response to this tweet was amazing. It came at a bad time since we were a couple of days away from our daughter’s birthday party.
Between the response to the tweet, family in town, planning and executing a birthday party, etc it has been a VERY stressful couple of weeks.
I hope that no one thought I was being ungrateful. There were probably 200 leads coming in per day and once I started interviewing at a few of them most of my day was spent either answering emails, filling out applications, or talking to people on the phone.
Some positions weren’t the right fit, “no I don’t know what a breadth first search is😂”, and some were great offers that would require a move or more travel than I am capable of.
I latched on to a particular position that was a great fit and was exactly what I was looking for. I’m going to make a new tweet announcing the offer I accepted but I wanted to thank everyone and let everyone know that I’ve found a job. Thank you.
Additionally in the spirit of “paying it forward” and helping the community I love so much I’m going to tweet a call for people looking for jobs. There were probably close to 1000 leads thrown my way and I want to pass those one so be on the lookout for that.
Pinging @mastashake08 Always has PHP/JS contract roles on deck, hes gonna DM you Tim!
Has anyone mentioned @RemoteOK yet? Plenty .Net and JS Remote jobs there. Good luck!
Maybe @system76 is a match (using Vue, but likely no .NET). Only Denver company I know, but I believe they are great! system76.com/careers
I retweeted, I don't have a lot of reach but maybe it'll help a little. I hope you find something quick!
Tim, can you open up your linkedin profile too? its asking for email to verify a connection.
Sure, I did that and forgot about it...I was being hassled by a vicious gang of recruiters. 😬 Jk recruiters...you know I ❤️ U.
Looks like you have a bazillion replies. Good! Are you in Denver? Happy to grab coffee sometime. DM me.
Hey, man. Check out the positions available at InVision. If there's something that interests you, please send me a DM. boards.greenhouse.io/invision
Wow, just read the thread. Sorry to hear this, sounds like a really unfortunate situation :( Good luck! +5 @xrptipbot
I’m in the exact same position. Although I only have 15 followers (not exaggerating), I’ll retweet this for you! I’m sure you’ll have no problem finding something!
Just when you start to lose faith in humanity you see a thread like this and it makes you realize how helpful strangers can be and the power of social media.
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