What a bastard!<p>Sorry for the language guys, but guess we all know someone like that boss!<p>It&#x27;s not that hard when you&#x27;re single but the things are totally different when you had a family and kids. The situation can drag you to any point when it comes to a hungry brother, sister or children. I know, I&#x27;ve been there (thank god it&#x27;s a history now).<p>But the good news is, you are really valuable. I mean, you are a ruby developer. You&#x27;d be having £400&#x2F;£450 per day if you were a contractor in London&#x2F;UK.<p>So don&#x27;t give up yet! Check the links other users provided and open a linkedin account as suggested as well as job site accounts and upload your CV. Just hold on couple of weeks and I am sure things will be better.<p>Hacker News is a great community. So keep us updated and let us see what we can do about it.<p>Also it might be useful if you can tell us where are you based (I may have missed that if it&#x27;s already in the article).