[HN Gopher] Ask HN: Laid off -> solo founder. Do I look like I'm...
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Ask HN: Laid off -> solo founder. Do I look like I'm trying to hide
something?
Before I was laid off, I'd been working on a side project and had
been looking for an excuse to quit my job to commit to it fully. I
have quite a lot saved, and now I can survive off severance alone
for over a year. My fear is that should I return to the job
market, I'll look like I'm trying to cover up a long period of
unemployment on my resume. Employers would see that I only
committed to this project after being laid off. At any rate, it
wouldn't be much of a handicap signal.
Author : ephemeralname
Score : 5 points
Date : 2023-07-07 22:12 UTC (49 minutes ago)
| ggm wrote:
| You have nothing to hide here. Accept and "wear with pride" that
| you used the lay-off to explore an idea. You can show its roots
| lie before the termination, and you made a rational decision.
| dpifke wrote:
| Having been down this path before, my experience is that you have
| nothing to worry about.
|
| I did have it come up once on a background check after accepting
| a job offer, because I had listed my startup on my resume (but it
| no longer existed). The background check company asked for
| incorporation papers or a business license in lieu of paystubs,
| and was satisfied when I provided them.
|
| If you're worried about it, a city or county business license is
| typically under $100/year and can be obtained as a sole
| proprietor if you're not yet ready to form a corporation or LLC
| but want a paper trail of when you started the company.
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