All Episodes

July 29, 2025 32 mins

Send us a text

What happens when you're laid off twice by the same tech company? If you're Matt Goldstein, you take your severance, your sass, and your suitcase — and move to Mexico City.

In this episode of The Reboot Era, recruiter-turned-expat Matt Goldstein breaks down:

  • The eerie déjà vu of getting laid off twice
  • Why recruiters often smell layoffs before they hit
  • How tech companies weaponize “evergreen” job postings
  • His decision to leave LA and corporate chaos behind
  • Tips for finding humor, healing, and hot skater boys post-layoff

This one’s part vent session, part vacation itinerary, and 100% real talk about resilience, reinvention, and making the matrix work for you.

🔗 Follow Matt on LinkedIn and TikTok for all the fun he will be having in Mexico!
📍Recorded remotely between LA and… the future.

💼 Partner: Jobhire.ai — Apply to jobs while you sleep. 30% off with code DRAY30jobhire.ai/job-matcher/?imutm=dray (you must use that link)

👉 Follow on TikTok

👉 Subscribe on YouTube

👉 Connect on LinkedIn

👉 Buy me a coffee or leave a tip to support the show 💸

🎧 All links: https://linktr.ee/draycation

Thanks for supporting The Reboot Era — every follow, share, and tip helps me keep making content for anyone navigating layoffs, pivots, and everything in between.

Everything shared on this podcast is based on personal experience and opinion. Unless explicitly stated otherwise, no content should be considered professional, legal, or career advice. Any mention of companies, products, or individuals is done in a personal capacity and does not represent the views or endorsements of those organizations or people. If a sponsorship or paid partnership is ever included, it will be clearly disclosed during the episode.

Mark as Played

Advertise With Us

Popular Podcasts

Stuff You Should Know
The Joe Rogan Experience

The Joe Rogan Experience

The official podcast of comedian Joe Rogan.

Two Guys, Five Rings: Matt, Bowen & The Olympics

Two Guys, Five Rings: Matt, Bowen & The Olympics

Two Guys (Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers). Five Rings (you know, from the Olympics logo). One essential podcast for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics. Bowen Yang (SNL, Wicked) and Matt Rogers (Palm Royale, No Good Deed) of Las Culturistas are back for a second season of Two Guys, Five Rings, a collaboration with NBC Sports and iHeartRadio. In this 15-episode event, Bowen and Matt discuss the top storylines, obsess over Italian culture, and find out what really goes on in the Olympic Village.

Music, radio and podcasts, all free. Listen online or download the iHeart App.

Connect

© 2026 iHeartMedia, Inc.