I am at liberty

1 · Ned Batchelder · Jan. 30, 2024, 2:42 p.m.
As of a few weeks ago, I am between gigs. Riffing on some corporate-speak from a recent press release: “2U and I have mutually determined that 2U is laying me off.”I feel OK about it: work was becoming increasingly frustrating, and I have some severance pay. 2U is in a tough spot as a company so at least these layoffs seemed like an actual tactic rather than another pointless please-the-investors move by companies flush with profits and cash. 2U struggling also makes being laid off a more app...