Job Search Beginning

Boy, being out of work is hard work! I spent the day going crazy with LinkedIn. I think I connected with practically everyone alive. Already its paying off, though. I’ve had plenty of my friends and former associates offer to help find my next gig.

I also did the requisite resume uploading to various job sites. Next step is to enlist the recruiters to see what they might find.

I’ve been working at this all day now. Its funny, since I don’t really need to since we’re comfortably set for a month or two, but I’m motivated in a way that is unusual for me. I think I’m getting closer to figuring out what I want to do in life and impatient to get started doing it.

I had lunch with my dad today, too, which was fun. This followed lunch yesterday with my brother Jeff and friend Scott. Monday I have lunch with a friend and former coworker – a guy I’ve known for six years. It should be fun, too.

There are folks out there who depend on their job for their social contacts. Those people would be completely lost if they lost their jobs. I’m very fortunate to have so many friends in so many places. Y’all are just too much!

One Machine, No Waiting

If there’s one good thing about being laid off, at least now my office coffee cup will get the washing its needed for some time now.

More Post-Job Musings

I woke with my head full of questions about the abrupt canceling of my product, trying to make sense of it. Since none of us were given exit interviews, this will serve as my thoughts as to why I’m now unemployed.

It was, and still is, a great product. None of the problems cited during our dismissal meeting were insurmountable. Either they were simply given to us to make us feel better about losing our jobs, or they reflected a profound lack of understanding of the product’s abilities on the part of upper management. Both of these options are concerning.
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