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@Aut@hachyderm.io

Post #422859

2026-01-15 22:36 UTC

Being right about Private Equity never feels like a victory. Yesterday my entire team at ForeFlight was laid off. A lot of talented software types looking for roles now. I'm taking a sabbatical for a few months but then I'm in the very large pile of software devs looking for work.

Replies (7)

  • @audioflyer79@mstdn.social 2026-01-15 23:11

    @Aut so sorry to hear that! What was your team? What do you think this means for ForeFlight? I'm not a current user (airline pilot) but I always thought of FF as the gold standard for private pilots.

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  • @lyonsinbeta@mastodon.social 2026-01-16 00:50

    @Aut 🫂

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  • @JohnOCFII@twit.social 2026-01-16 00:52

    @Aut Really sorry to hear. Sadly, not surprised, but I really thought they’d give it another quarter or two.

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  • @Aut wow your entire team? What part of the dev group did you work on? only neg part of what you did was not getting severance but you 100000% did the right thing.

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  • @mlanger@mastodon.world 2026-01-16 13:37

    @Aut @User47 It was a great app. I was a very early adopter. As I mentioned elsewhere I may have been the first pilot to get the electronic flight bag op spec on my part 135 certificate using Foreflight. Retired now and very glad that I don't have to see such a great app go down the toilet with AI features no one wants. Thanks for your work and best wishes for your future.

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  • @griff@vmst.io 2026-01-20 03:07

    @Aut Good luck to you Aut. I was thinking about you when I heard the news. I took a tour of the offices in Austin about 10 years ago and I know there were a lot of great people there.

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  • @Aut Wow, I'm sorry to hear that. I hope you enjoy your time off and best of luck in the future.

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