Tag: unemployment
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Job search update
I accepted a job. I’m going back to work January 7 as an Engineering Manager for a national software company with a large office in Indianapolis. If you live in the US and have children in school, you probably have used, or at least have heard of, the product I’m going to help build. I…
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I always thought the reward for doing a good job was that you got to keep the job
I was unexpectedly let go from my job recently, after doing what was widely seen as a good job. It stings.
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You probably wouldn’t do the things you say you’d do if only you had more time
The tiger lilies and the phlox in my front garden always bloom last. Their annual emergence is my sure sign summer is here. The days on either side of solstice are my favorite time of year. The days last so long, with 15 hours of glorious daylight. It’s usually temperate in Indiana, with highs in the 70s…
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I feel like George Bailey at the end of It’s a Wonderful Life
As soon as I got the news that I was being laid off at work, I texted my closest friends and colleagues with the news. And after I packed my office into my car and drove home, I emailed a bunch more friends and colleagues. I’ve worked for a lot of software companies in my career.…
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Rolling with the transitions
My older son graduated high school on Saturday. It’s a day for which I long have planned, but which, nevertheless, comes with some sadness. I was glad to celebrate this passage with him, though he said he felt much as I did when I graduated high school: “Dad, I’m a good student; was there ever…