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Starting over—and starting in a new direction—takes longer than you expect.
Especially when all you have known for decades is the software world… and suddenly, you are not in it anymore.

After more than 26 years in the software industry, it finally happened: I got laid off.
I had managed to avoid it before. Round after round, somehow my name was never on the list. After a while, you start to believe you are immune.
Like there is a spreadsheet somewhere and your name just… is not on it.

Turns out, it was. Just further down.
I had made the classic mistake—believing that loyalty equals security. I had spent over 20 years with the same company and gave it everything I had.

In my mind, I thought that meant something permanent.
It did not.

And like a lot of people in this situation, I went through a cycle of emotions—some expected, some not:

It takes time to process all of it.
Longer than you think.

But eventually—somewhere in that cycle—you land on something that feels different.
For me, that was hope.

Not the kind that magically fixes everything overnight, but the kind that says: you can still build something new.

So that is what I am doing.
This blog is the start of that new direction—a mix of stories, lessons, and probably a few hard-earned observations from spending decades in tech and then having to figure out what comes next.

If you have ever had to start over, you are not alone.

And if you have not yet… just know it is possible to land on your feet.
Eventually.