I’ve been working for vibrant planet for almost 2 years. It has been quite the insight into Startup life. I really really enjoyed working for the company. The team was excellent, we were working on Climate change related tech (with a wildfire resiliency focus). It was using Elixir & Phoenix some tech I really wanted to get into, and it was fully remote and well paid…. a really excellent mixture!
Unfortunately, it was decided that all the development was going to be on-shored into the US. This was, as you might imagine, extremely unsettling. It’s a very weird time out there at the moment, Trump and his tariffs and just generally volatile nature (Iran war now). AI coming in and upending pretty much the entire jobs landscape, and definitely for developers. I have many friends who are out of work recently and the competition is fierce for those positions. It’s hard.
I got really lucky however, a friend was leaving a startup that he co-founded and which was bought out by TradeMe, so, his position became free and I was deemed a good enough fit that I skipped through the interviewing process. Really feeling incredibly lucky and privileged at the moment. Now I just need to actually deliver.
I have a few weeks to work out, then a blessed month off between jobs, and then start the new one towards the end of March. Very lucky.
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