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Every time I got laid off (never fired, so far), I got a new job that paid 25-40% more. Every freaking time. Half the time I even got severance pay. And COBRA.

So I learned to like being laid off. It's one of the best things that can happen to you. When they ask you [during the interview] what happened at your previous job, you simply say they went belly up, and everyone gets it - companies go out of business all the time.



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