Got laid off, am Millenial, cue 2008 flashbacks. Have to scramble to keep a place to live, as my savings gets wiped out every few years.
I'm fascinated by the differences between social programs in the US (born) and Canada (where I am now). There's little if any means testing. Many programs I just ask for help, and they give it. Then, social welfare is available to a LOT more people as compared to the US. For example, someone my wife grew up with has to stay poor enough in the US to keep their healthcare. Here, if I make less than 90k a year (for a family of two), then I qualify for many programs; Including just cash payments. Just amazing to compare the two; It's night and day.
Or are you creating a social welfare program on the side, as a side project, to help others?
No worries.
After being laid off, my primary focus is on finding work. This is very difficult as I'm a Millennial with a weird looking resume, and the tech sector is in a slump at the moment.
Then, as a side project, I was looking into social programs to help out during this tough time. I've never actually taken a close look at social programs, as I've always been scrambling to find work or suffering through some low level job. However, with EI (Employment Insurance, which would be Unemployment Insurance in the States) here in Canada, I actually have some time to look for work without panicking about being homeless.
Then taking a look at social assistance programs was very surprising, as even when working in Tech for a large company, I would have been considered well within the income range for some social assistance programs where I live (~90k or less for some programs, per household). And so it's actually very helpful to look through social assistance programs and do their intake, as they commonly save me quite a bit on different costs (rent, utilities, food, sudden unexpected expenses, etc.). So, I spend most of my day applying for jobs, but during my off time I can scour these resources and get more positive results than job searching ever has; I'm one of those people that have to put in thousands of resumes just to get a shot at a position, but once I interview, I usually do well.
And a basic web app that converts HEX codes to Tailwind colors: https://hextotailwind.com
It’s very hard to do in the context of a browser extension when you don’t have a server. So I’m using cloud functions, probably not doing it correctly though
Currently facing challenges with the extension API lacking features needed to do this.