Certainly not a career suicide. Sharpen the saw, build things you can showcase, and have a good story to tell when you want to get back to work next year. Enjoy the time off.
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orangecaffeine makes great design affordable. We provide a world class mobile product team (PM + designers) that help you refine your vision and design a delightful experience for your users. We're proud to have some of Silicon Valley's best tech companies as customers and our apps have raised more than $5M from Silicon Valley investors.
Looking for: UX Designer, iOS Engineer, Android Engineer Location: REMOTE
Please apply with your portfolio here: https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/?company=OrangecaffeineInc
orangecaffeine is an invite-only freelancer network that helps companies accelerate their projects. Our clients are mostly based in Silicon Valley and are either VC backed or large corporations. Our projects range from 1 - 6 months (or more). Some projects require on-site, most don't.
LOOKING FOR: iOS / Android engineers, designers, backend engineers, full stack engineers.
If you're interested, please email Grace Sui (grace@orangecaffeine.com) -- we'd love to see your portfolio, github profile, and anything else you're proud about. Thanks!
* PLEASE NO RECRUITERS
Also: IMO Hungry horses are better than fat elephants. So don't fall for experience / branding / whatnot.
Feel free to email me (email id in profile) for more specifics.
LOCATION: San Francisco, Boston, Bangalore REMOTE: OK VISA: NO
Please send resumes to grace@orangecaffeine.com.
Some tips if they're helpful: 1. Find a growth stage series A or B funded startup with a product market fit where focus is now on scaling up. They are beginning to know what they are doing.
2. I give more weight to the team than the project or idea itself. Ideas change all the time. So its more important to work with great people. Find a place where you admire and like the people.
3. Voice your opinions. You're not working for a "manager", you're working for a "company". You should be open about what you think and feel. If that's not welcome, you're in the wrong place.
1. See if you can change anything in the current job to make yourself happy - new project ? new team ? Most people quit because they don't like their boss or their peers. If that's not the case, work with them to make it more challenging.
2. Use your spare time wisely for soul searching - network, talk to people and find something that will give you the kick. This may even help you become self employed.
Not having a job / not going to work / living off of savings are all unnecessary pressures.