3/25 EDIT: So I found out today (Wednesday) they also let two of the most senior guys go, I'd spend too much time explaining how important they were, but that makes me feel a bit more at peace with it all. I was really down on myself because I know I could have been better, but if they're letting them go too its not me.
Heya, so I'm not looking for sympathy or buzz, but if you want to send me some it is of course always appreciated.
I lost my job of 10 years and change this morning. It wasn't them being greedy or anything, I don't buy that even at my most cynical. There's the remote possibility upper management doesn't understand all I do, but eh, I still don't buy it. Its a small company (and got much smaller as times gone on). They never recovered from covid, and of course you have the world sliding into dystopia right now if not already there, cuts were inevitable, and there wasn't anybody else to cut.
I guess if there's a lesson in there for everybody, you're NEVER secure, so have a plan b and some money socked away.
They didn't walk me to the door or anything, they were ready for me to just bug out the moment I got the news, but believe it or not I do a pretty good impression of a mature functional adult. I think that's what really throws people online, that I'm a pervert and have pop culture t-shirts, but I'm a big believer in ordering two lunchs, eating half of each, boxing the rest, so I never gotta wonder! The last guy they let go about, eh, 2 years ago, pitched a fit and got outrageously bitter and political, which is its own story, but I been married nearly 20 years. That makes me, mentally, older than the outer rim of the universe. I can accept an amicable breakup, ya know, that's the metaphor I use for interviewing and holding down a job, dating and being married, and then when you get let go/quit, that's when you see if your ex is a psycho or not. I'm not a psycho, I'm merely whimsical!
What's this mean for all us? Well, I been dropping Skyrim OCs, I still have a couple more to do, I also have two Skyrim NPCs I'd like to drop, my Red Dead and Castlevania, and after that, I've got one or two of my own fiction loras I'd like to share, I think they have great styles if nothing else. And of course I've got those long lists I dropped last couple times for animes etc. Even with the freebo daily blue buzz, I can handle those long as I space them out.
Yellow buzz will become a problem by summer. Coinbase is not great, but a better solution than kinguin, who obviously did not work out. I might get a bundle next time they have a deal. But more to the point, without employment, I probably shouldn't be dropping much money on this.
So's, I'm not saying I'm going away, cuz I'm not, but understand I have to handle my priorities. Civitai is very fun, my writing is very fun, but I got people depending on me, unfortunately for them, as Starscream might say.
I can't say how this will all look. I've got some money short term, I don't owe any debts, and spring isn't a terrible time to job search. But you've got everything in turmoil, and I have health problems would be a good time to address by dropping some weight and cutting back on coffee and all that jazz.
So, I'm here to tell you, I don't know. I'm just telling you, if I have to make cuts, obviously its gotta be hobbies. So a little understanding would go a long way and I might slack off again on posts. We had this nice burst of activity last week or two but I gotta think of getting some health insurance again among other things, I'm not getting any younger.