#173 Laid off but not afraid with X-senior Microsoft Dev MacKevin Fey
May 23, 2025•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 173
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Episode description
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:
- Mack's Oscilliscope course: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBfhD_4FPIYsQ9LiWYoHVrLbuvwnb_bvC
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