 Job layoffs can happen to anyone. Yes, that's right. Job layoffs can happen to anyone. I don't care how skilled of a software developer you are, how in demand your skills are. I don't care how high you up on a totem pole. Job layoffs happen to anybody. Let me tell you guys a story. I have been laid off in the past. It's been a while, but I have been laid off. And when I find out that layoffs are going on, people get panicky. People get scared. They don't know what to do. And they start making short-term decisions that really expedite the process of them getting laid off. But it happens, guys. It's part of the business cycle. And you just have to make sure you are prepared so that if you do lay off, you can position yourself to get your job back faster or get another job faster. Even in a way, I'm going to tell you guys, really put you in a position so that you can even get a higher paying job. Yes, that's right. It's possible. But you've got to have a right mindset and really position yourself so that you can take advantage of the situation and the opportunity and really put yourself in a position to win. Like I was telling you guys before, I got laid off before. It was before I became a software developer. I was working at a factory job. And just like any other business, the seasons are slow. Stuff is going on. They have to tighten the belt. They always start with the low-skill workers first or the troublemakers. Point blank. So if you're on that first level or you're one of the first ones to get cut and they have waves of cuts, you're probably either low-skill, low-value, or they want to get rid of you anyway. They just got a really legitimate reason to now. So you never want to be on the front end of a job layoff unless it's a massive. The economy is going bad or something like that. But that being said, guys, we really have to position ourselves for success and to really kind of take advantage of the situation and protect ourselves. And I want to help you guys out with this. I got three reasons I'm going to help you out of three ways. You can position yourself for success and really put yourself in a position when. But before I get started, guys, I have some goodies in the description box. First of all, if you want to have access to our free development community and really be around a like-minded professional, links are below to get you guys started on your development job. We also have a seven-step guide for software developers to help take your software development career to the next level. Check that out. And if you already signed up for our free guide and have access to our community, we have premium courses below, guys. So go ahead and support the channel and check out our premium courses. And we're going to help you guys take things to the next level for you. So that being said, guys, job layoffs. Let's talk about it a little bit. It's going to happen to you. So you might as well prepare yourself so when that day comes, you can bounce back as fast as possible. First thing, you got to have a savings, guys. I don't care how skilled of a developer you are, the job process of getting a new job takes time. You're going to need a couple of savings to get you through those months in between that time. So get your savings together, guys. This makes the pressure go down to be trying to find a job within two weeks or a month even. It takes time. You want to do that process right. You don't want to be rushed because you don't have rent for the next two months. You want to make sure the next job you go to is the right one long term. And even if it's not ideal, you don't want to get a job that you hate within two weeks and end up in the same exact position. That's why I tell you guys to get three to six months. Some people do a year of savings, of month savings so that you can really relax, make right decisions that would have come on and don't be on a ton of pressure, guys. So you got to do that first. And again, if you're on the low end of the totem pole, you're going to get cut and there's not going to be a lot of leeway or a head. They're not going to give you a heads up or anything. If you're more skewed or they doing a permanent layoff, some people give severance. Some people don't. I wouldn't count on that, guys. I would see it as they're going to come to me. They're going to cut me and they're not going to pay me. Look at it at that position, prepare yourself for that. And if you give a severance or they put, give you a two weeks notice or something like that. Okay, great. That's just icing on the cake. But prepare for or you get cut off and then you have to start providing yourself or start providing for yourself within the next six months. That's how you supposed to approach a savings because it's going to help you guys with that tremendously. And if you're a high skilled developer, you're going to see this coming. You're going to know, hey, there's a remnants of a layoff. Let me necessarily position myself for the next job. If it happens, it's great. If it don't, I'm good anyways. That's the mindset you want to have. Number two guys, you got to have, this is why I tell you guys in my seven step guide that you got to start networking because during this time, when you're trying to find a job, the hardest time to find a job when you don't have a job. So if you already have a job and you've been networking, your skills are up to date, your resume up to date, everybody knows you in town and you approach them. It's not this brand new, hello, I need you. Hey, hello, I'm trying to find you out. They already know you, they know your skills, they know how you can help your company. So it'll make that job process of getting that new job faster. That's why I tell you guys to network and really put yourself in a position so that your skills can be updated, your project's updated. You're not doing any of this stuff during panic time. It's already done. So that if you know, hey, there's a rumblings about me gonna potentially get laid off, let me go start looking at some of my resources that I've talked to a couple of months ago or went out on a dinner to see what job openness they have available. This calms you down, guys. This really puts you in a position so that you can even get a raise in this particular situation. So guys, you got to know how to have yourself ready to go and be able to get that job even after you get laid off. You're gonna have your six month savings. You're gonna have your skills up to date, your resume up to date. You're gonna already have people who know what type of value you can bring for their company. The only thing you have to do is go through the job process and a lot of times, guys, you can actually get ahead. Cause just saying you got your six month savings and a company lay you off and then they give you a three to six months. Let's just say three months severance to get another job. Well, you have been networking enough so that you can get a job within two weeks or so, or just say a month. Well, you got two months of you getting paid twice. Double your salary. All of that can go into savings and investing. You can actually get ahead in a situation like this. If you play your cards right. And that's why I talk about in my seven step guide. A lot of the stuff you guys kind of, I talk about in that guide, you don't necessarily agree with, but I'm looking long term. I'm looking at positioning yourself for these type of scenarios so that you can make these decisions with a clear mind and not panic. Nobody make decisions well when they're panicking, guys. So this is why I kind of structured my seven step guide the way I did so that it can help you in these situations. Good or bad. So guys, the good thing about it is, don't take it personal. Layoffs happen to everybody, guys. A company expands, contracts expands and contracts. This is called the business cycle. You're gonna have good years and you're gonna have bad years. During the bad years, it can get to the point where they have to lay off a significant amount of people. Do not take this personal. Some people get laid off and they wanna go talk about the company. They wanna feel like, hey, they personally attacked me. That's not the case, guys. It's business cycle. Yes, you got a couple of bad apples out there, but that's not the rule, guys. That's the exception and you probably shouldn't be working for that company in the first place. That being said, guys, do not take it personal. Don't go burning down bridges because you got laid off. Take it, take it in, you know? Step back and position yourself to go forward. You know, that company is a business transaction, guys. You provide them value, they provide you value. If they feel that they can't pay you anymore, they got to let you go. Do not take it personal. That being said, guys, these are all tips that's gonna put you in a position so that even in the bad times of your career, you're gonna get ahead or you at least at the minimum gonna hold what you got so that you don't lose your house, lose your car. You can still have a really good lifestyle even in the bad times. And this is the kind of stuff a lot of software develop, a lot of courses don't teach you guys. And this is what I try to teach you guys in my community. So again, links are in the description box that seven step guide. And also, guys, if you already signed up for the seven step guide, I have links to some premium courses. You can check those out and support the channel and you can have access to our free community so that we can really kind of look at your specific situation and really put you in a position to win and get you the lifestyle you want, career you want and really put you in a position to win. Do you agree with me? Do you disagree with me? Let's start a conversation in the comment section, guys. Tell me some of your stories. Where are you as far as just how you're handling this whole emergency situation? Are you improving? Are you networking? Are you putting yourself in a position so that if you do lose your job, you already networked, your resume updated, your skills are updated and you can get a job within a month. I would say within a month it's pretty fast. Normally it would take three months comfortably for a lot of companies. So keep that in mind. Like, subscribe to the content, guys. If you have additional questions or you want to share your feedback, links are comments below. Check out some of the goodies in the description box. I'll see you guys in the next video. Peace.