The Reboot Era
Episodes
From Microsoft Layoff to CEO: The Human Side of Reinvention
18 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textIn July 2025, 9,000 employees were laid off in a single day.Quentin Cobb was one of them.After 17 years in the gaming industry — working ...
From Forbes to Founder: Turning a Layoff Into a Podcast Booking Business
11 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textIn this episode of Reboot Era, James shares the emotional aftermath of being laid off, the uncomfortable silence of job applications going ...
Laid Off After 30 Years: What Corporate Leadership Still Gets Wrong
04 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textLayoffs may be framed as business decisions—but for the people impacted, they’re deeply personal.In this episode, Dray sits down wit...
How AI Is Changing Sales, Hiring, and Tech Careers
28 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textAI is changing everything — but not in the way most people expect.In this episode, I sit down with Oleg Danyliuk, Founder & CEO of...
Career Comebacks: Building, Belonging, and Better Fits
21 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn this episode, Dray reconnects with two returning guests from season one who faced job loss, uncertainty, and career pivots head-on —...
The Return of The Reboot Era
14 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textSeason two of The Reboot Era is officially here.In this kickoff episode, I reflects on everything that’s happened since season one end...
Reboot 26 | Season 1 Finale - A Letter to My Pre-Laid Off Self
30 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textWhen I started The Reboot Era five months ago, I had just been laid off and was staring down one of the hardest job markets in recent me...
Reboot 25 | LU7 - Inside DEI: The Work You Don’t See (and Why It Matters)
29 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textLast guest episode of the season and it's with a thoughtful, candid conversation about DEI with Lilian Argueta—first-gen American...
Reboot 24 | RR7 - The Future Belongs to the Unconventional: Vivian’s Story
26 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn this episode of The Reboot Era, I reconnect with my fellow Bryant University alum Vivian to explore her unconventional career path —...
Reboot 23 | MM4 - Rebooting the Job Search with AI: A Conversation with Jobbyo’s Co-Founder
25 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn this episode of The Reboot Era Podcast, host Dray Jankowski sits down with Hilary Torn, co-founder of Jobbyo, to talk about burnout, ...
Reboot 22 | RR6 - Go Lancer; The Only Workspace Freelancers Need
24 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textGuest: Valentina — Founder of Go Lancer, a centralized freelancer workspace (tasks/projects, time tracking, invoicing, booking, AI inc...
Reboot 21 | SI4 - Why Layoffs Feel Unfair (and What to Do Next)
17 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textGuest: Steve Jaffe — author of The Layoff Journey; 25 years in marketing/advertising; laid off four times; now helping people navigate...
Reboot 20 | SI3 - From Layoff to Offer: Authentic Answers that Win in 2025
16 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThis week on The Reboot Era: HR insiders Laura Browne and Barbara Limmer show you how to stop guessing and start translating interviews—...
Reboot 19 | RR5 - A 25-Year-Old’s Reset
08 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textAt 25, Riley Simmons decided the safe path wasn’t his path. After a stint in the Marine infantry and a climb into corporate finance, t...
Reboot 18 | LU6 - Why AI is More Than Chatbots: Danchez on Tools That Actually Work
21 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textWhen Dan Sanchez — better known as Danchez — was let go from his startup role, he could’ve played it safe. Instead, he leaned into...
Reboot 17 | RR4 - Entrepreneurship, Healing & Resilience with Shelia "Flower" Benson
19 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textAfter being laid off twice in just a few months, Shelia Benson—better known as Flower—turned her pain into purpose. In this episode,...
Reboot 16 | MM3 - Resilience in the Gaming Industry
15 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn this episode of The Reboot Era, I sit down with Nellie Hughes — a design director with 20 years in the gaming industry, most recent...
Reboot 15 | LU5 - Laid Off Twice in 6 Months — And Living His Best Life
13 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textWhat would you do if you were laid off… twice… in just six months?Patrick Lyons didn’t just bounce back — he built forward. In t...
Reboot 14 | LU4 - Cracking the Career Code with Tami Burdick
07 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThis week on The Reboot Era, I sit down with Tami Burdick—a published author, resume writer, content developer, and 20-year franchise ...
Reboot 13 | RR3 - Burnout to Breakthrough: Ivy on Layoffs, Freelancing, and Finding Purpose
05 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textWhen Ivy got laid off from her dream job at Crate & Barrel, she thought she hit rock bottom—but what followed was a full-on identi...
Reboot 12 | MM2 - Building a Routine with Austin Brown
31 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn this episode, Dray sits down with Austin Brown, a former corporate director turned founder of Laid Off Launchpad — a platform helpi...
Reboot 11 | CR1 - Double Laid Off, Double the Tea: Matt's temporary exit from Corporate America
29 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textWhat happens when you're laid off twice by the same tech company? If you're Matt Goldstein, you take your severance, your sass...
Reboot 10 | LU3 - When Doing Everything Right Still Isn't Enough
22 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a text🎙 with Ashley MartinWhat happens when you do everything right — and still find yourself laid off?In this deeply personal episode of...
Reboot 09 | SI2 - Inside the Recruiter’s Inbox
16 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn this episode of The Reboot Era, I sit down with two incredible recruiters who’ve seen it all—hundreds of resumes, countless inter...
Reboot 08 | LU2 - The UX Job Hunt with Christopher Nelson
09 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textWhat happens when a UX leader who’s built billion-dollar systems for Fortune 500 companies gets ghosted by recruiters and told they’...
Reboot 07 | MHR1 - Mental Health Realness
09 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn this deeply human episode of The Reboot Era, we explore the emotional rollercoaster of job loss, job searching, and the quiet fight t...
Reboot 06 | RR2 - A Chat with Jean the AI Guy
09 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn this episode of The Reboot Era, I sit down with Jean-Baptiste — better known online as Jean the AI Guy — for a fast-paced, unfilt...
Reboot 05 | LU1 - Sales, Sass, and Severance: Angela Unfiltered
09 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textAngela Delk joins The Reboot Era and does not hold back. A seasoned software sales pro turned digital artist, Angela takes us through th...
Reboot 04 | RR1 - Real Talk with a Recent Grad
09 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textWhat happens after you toss your cap in the air… and the real world hits harder than expected?In this episode of The Reboot Era, Dray ...
Reboot 03 | MM1 - Small Wins, Big Lessons Post-Layoff
09 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textWhen Rob Saro was unexpectedly laid off, he had two choices: spiral or strategize. In this episode of The Reboot Era, Rob takes us throu...
Reboot 02 | SI1 - Rebooting and Rebuilding
09 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn this episode of The Reboot Era, Dray sits down with two guests—Fredrico Salianga and Jake Lender—who share powerful, honest stori...
Reboot 01 (Pilot) - We Got Laid Off... Now What?
09 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textLaid off. Same company. Same call. Same "thanks for everything" energy.In the pilot episode of The Reboot Era, host Dray Janko...
The Breakdown Before the Breakthrough
25 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textWelcome to The Reboot Era — a podcast about what happens after the layoff.This trailer is your first look at a raw, real, and slightly...