The only reason to accept the negatives of working at a startup (stress, below market remuneration, workload) is the potential upside (rapid growth and an eventual liquidity event).
If the startup is contracting, it sounds like the only potential upside has disappeared. I’ve been in a similar situation before and made the mistake of sticking around, to the detriment of my physical, mental and financial health. Obviously businesses pivot and turn around, but that’s the exception rather than the rule. Most startups fail, and if your startup is starting to falter, I’d say it’s about to prove the rule.
I’ll give you the advice I wish I had:
Run. Start interviewing like crazy and get another job. Good luck.
> I’m surprised with what all worked out of the box, like hibernating, external monitors/keyboards, media keys. Not sure how much is thanks to DHH’s Omarchy, and what’s native Arch Linux support
It's pretty much ALL Omarchy. If you install Arch by itself you get a tty prompt... and that's about it.
Omarchy looks super impressive. Haven't used it myself, but the scripts and dotfiles in the Github repo (https://github.com/basecamp/omarchy) have been inspiring
If the startup is contracting, it sounds like the only potential upside has disappeared. I’ve been in a similar situation before and made the mistake of sticking around, to the detriment of my physical, mental and financial health. Obviously businesses pivot and turn around, but that’s the exception rather than the rule. Most startups fail, and if your startup is starting to falter, I’d say it’s about to prove the rule.
I’ll give you the advice I wish I had:
Run. Start interviewing like crazy and get another job. Good luck.