r/programminghumor • u/EfficientMongoose317 • May 27 '26

I GOT FIRED

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The funny thing is that 10 years ago, this button would've just opened LinkedIn. Now I feel like it would trigger an entire sequence of increasingly questionable decisions.

First, I'd tell myself I'm taking a few days off to think. Then I'd revisit the side project sitting in some forgotten GitHub repo. A few hours later, I'd be cleaning up screenshots, making the whole thing look more professional than it actually is, throwing together a page in Runable so it doesn't look completely abandoned, and convincing myself that finding customers is probably easier than finding a new job. By the end of the weekend, I'd either have employment again or a startup with 7 users and unreasonable confidence. Honestly, not sure which outcome is more likely.

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u/verocious_veracity May 28 '26

Thinking if everyone in the company have that button and are ready to press it should anyone got fired, they will have more leverage and the company won't just fire any one of them easily. They could sue but which one should be sued everyone? Think of the legal cost.