Ask HN: Tenured folks got fired, how can one setup career to be safe?
Folks in my company with over 15 years who have immense knowledge and business down knowledge got kicked out. I can't fathom to see this to happen in the medical field or legal field where experience matters a lot.
I look back as I'm early 30s, what should I do now to avoid being in a thorny position or have fear of being let go.
Only thing that comes in mind is to be always be preparing and casually be looking for jobs? What if the current job does not offer marketable skills at all that makes switching to another person much more difficult.
I'm just a bit worried because having mortgage to pay, family to feed, if someone with 15 YOE at one company can be let go, what can one do to avoid being in that position?
Is it just spend free time trying to network on LinkedIn and casually apply for jobs every weekend?
I look back as I'm early 30s, what should I do now to avoid being in a thorny position or have fear of being let go.
Only thing that comes in mind is to be always be preparing and casually be looking for jobs? What if the current job does not offer marketable skills at all that makes switching to another person much more difficult.
I'm just a bit worried because having mortgage to pay, family to feed, if someone with 15 YOE at one company can be let go, what can one do to avoid being in that position?
Is it just spend free time trying to network on LinkedIn and casually apply for jobs every weekend?