In spite of yesterday’s misfortune, I couldn’t help but note a bit of dark humor. Years ago I was promoted to technical marketing manager at Raritan. I was full of optimism and bursting with ideas of new features and directions for the CCNOC product I was responsible for. I was at the top of my career. Then three weeks into my new role, I asked my manager for an updated set of business cards reflecting my new title. Days later Raritan pulled the plug on the CCNOC product, sending the team and me to the unemployment line (I never got the business cards).
Yesterday morning, I approved my very first order of business cards since I’d been with Monolith. Look at how that turned out!
In the future I believe I will dispense with business cards altogether. It’s just safer that way!