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cover of episode #173 Laid off but not afraid with X-senior Microsoft Dev MacKevin Fey

#173 Laid off but not afraid with X-senior Microsoft Dev MacKevin Fey

2025/5/23
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MacKevin Fey: 裁员前已听到传言，但实际发生时仍感意外。裁员会议形式特殊，匿名且气氛压抑。事后虽有情绪波动，但通过身体锻炼和心理治疗进行调节，避免冲动行为。我没有在领英上发布任何消息，因为我认为公开宣布被裁员不利于薪资谈判。目前我仍在领工资，因此保持低调。我建议大家不要在领英上发布奉承的帖子，保持沉默。

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MacKevin Fey, a senior software engineer, was laid off from Microsoft. He shares his experience of receiving the news during a surprise meeting and his initial emotional and practical responses.
  • Surprise layoff at Microsoft
  • Initial emotional response
  • Focus on personal matters and family

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On this week's episode of the podcast, freeCodeCamp founder Quincy Larson interviews MacKevin Fey. He just got laid off last week from his senior engineering role at Microsoft. We talk about:

  • How Mack's approaching the job search after being laid off
  • Tips for building your own financial safety net while working as an engineer
  • How to use your dev skills to help people around you in the meantime
  • And how Mack trains mentally and physically for the rigors of modern work

Support for this podcast comes from a grant from Wix Studio. Wix Studio provides developers tools to rapidly build websites with everything out-of-the-box, then extend, replace, and break boundaries with code. Learn more at https://wixstudio.com). Support also comes from the 11,423 kind folks who support freeCodeCamp through a monthly donation. You can join these chill human beings and help our charity's mission by going to donate.freecodecamp.org) Links we talk about during our conversation: