I was laid off at 50. Instead of looking for another corporate job, I decided to pursue what scared me most.
Edgar Tang says surviving cancer helped prepare him for a layoff at 50.Years of rebuilding gave him the confidence to start over again — this time as a content creator.Tang says his lived experience is something an algorithm can't replace.Edgar Tang, 50, lives in Singapore and was laid off from his job as a video editor at Netflix in March. Rather than immediately looking for another corporate role, he began creating content about rebuilding life after 50.
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Edgar Tang says surviving cancer helped prepare him for a layoff at 50.Years of rebuilding gave him the confidence to start over again — this time as a content creator.Tang says his lived experience is something an algorithm can't replace.Edgar Tang, 50, lives in Singapore and was laid off from his job as a video editor at Netflix in March. Rather than immediately looking for another corporate role, he began creating content about rebuilding life after 50. The following has been edited for brevity and clarity.When I was laid off at 50, I realized I had been preparing for that moment for nearly two decades.The thing that helped me respond to the situation started years earlier, when I was diagnosed with cancer.At 32, I was working abroad, and suddenly I was diagnosed with stage three Hodgkin's lymphoma. That reset what I thought were life's guarantees.
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- Edgar Tang says surviving cancer helped prepare him for a layoff at 50.Years of rebuilding gave him the confidence to start over again — this time as a content creator.Tang says his lived experience is something an algorithm can't replace.Edgar Tang, 50, lives in Singapore and was laid off from his job as a video editor at Netflix in March. Rather than immediately looking for another corporate role, he began creating content about rebuilding life after 50.
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I was laid off at 50. Instead of looking for another corporate job, I decided to pursue what scared me most.
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