Laid off, being offered a contracting position, need advice

Last Friday I was laid off on a group call with 5 other people. I worked for a small company and they basically ran out of money and are shutting down our entire half of the business besides 2-3 people (almost 30 people were laid off I believe).

An hour after the call, my boss called me (he’s been there for 25 years and is staying) saying that he has no one else who can handle large data sets and …

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