At the start of 2020 I was unemployed.

I had just dissolved the business that I worked on for the past year.

So I started my job hunt and applied to my two “𝘋𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘦𝘴”.

Here’s how the interview process went:

𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐀: Got to the reference stage. Then they froze hiring.
𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐁: Got to the project stage. My project wasn’t good enough.

I was absolutey crushed.

Recently, I decided to check in on both the companies

𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐀: Everybody who interviewed me has quit / left.
𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐁: Laid off half of their employees.

Now I work at a company I love.

With coworkers I respect.

Sometimes, not getting what you want is exactly what you need.