The co-founders of Vancouver-based Procurify-Aman Mann, Eugene Dong, and Kenneth Loi-made that dream a reality. You’ve turned that original idea into a fast-growing SaaS platform serving hundreds of customers.
Before long, you’re closing your Series A, then your Series B. You spend that money hiring and building out the software. You pitch at a local startup event, which lands you in a growth accelerator, which also leads to your first seed funding. You and a couple of friends have an idea for a product that fits a clear gap in the market. It's still hard, but at least I know I'm heading in the right direction.It’s the kind of mega-growth story anyone starting a software-as-a-service (SaaS) company dreams about. While it is stressful in the moment and some days I still feel down on my luck, this structure allows me to look back over the past few weeks and see active progress in what I'm doing. I do all this so that every day I know I can at the very least get closer to my end goal of finding the right role for me. The last thing I make sure to do, with the rest of my 'work day' is to search for jobs. I spend three hours every day working on my own projects, switching between a few for variety in my work. I spend two hours every day going LEARNING - whether through tutorials or reading articles, I devote time to learning. Every day I work 9-5, focusing on three areas for my continual growth: While it's been tough, the most important thing that has helped me deal with the stress of the job hunt and avoid the feeling of impostor syndrome is structure.
After completing my Diploma program at BrainStation last December I took a short-term contract as a T.A. Looking for a developer job is tough right now, especially when you're new to the industry.
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