{"id":6218,"date":"2025-11-07T10:16:41","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T02:16:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.munmon.com\/v3\/?p=6218"},"modified":"2025-11-07T10:16:41","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T02:16:41","slug":"embracing-change-after-layoff-rise-like-hornet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.munmon.com\/v3\/2025\/11\/07\/embracing-change-after-layoff-rise-like-hornet\/","title":{"rendered":"Embracing Change After Layoff: Rise Like Hornet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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I have been laid off. There. I said it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s a strange sentence to type and heavier than expected. After years of showing up, building systems, mentoring teammates, and calling a place \u201chome,\u201d the silence that follows the final sign-off hits differently. But somewhere between that pause and the next step forward, I realised something:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hornet was right all along.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cGit Gud.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Not as a taunt. Not as a mockery. But as a mantra.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Game Just Changed… and I am Hornet Now<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

In Hollow Knight: Silksong, you don\u2019t play the quiet wanderer anymore. You play as Hornet<\/strong>, the agile, fierce, and constantly under pressure. The game does not ease you in. It throws you into chaos. Every enemy is faster. Every platform demands precision. Every moment is a test of adaptability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That is what a layoff feels like. You are no longer following a familiar map. You are crafting your own. And like Hornet, you don\u2019t get to rest, but instead you get to rise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Git Gud” in Real Life<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Here is how I\u2019m reading that phrase now:<\/p>\n\n\n\n