Still Looking
ok, day 12... have been spending my time looking for work. work would be a full time job, contract work, contract to hire work... any thing. a lot of people say 'yeah, i think we have something, i'll get back to you.' ok, so, i'm waiting. looks like i am going to have to start making more aggressive moves.
saw a so-so movie today, 'How to lose a man in 10 days'. the only good thing in this movie was Kate Hudson.
trying to fill out these unemployment papers. man, there a lot of hoops. not even sure if it's worth it. i will get in a week what i used to make in a day. god, what an eye opener. it's not even worth it. i just realized, that no matter what i do, it's futile to collect unemployment. oh well...
anyway, i ahve been a licensed realtor for about 10 years. thinking maybe i will get back into that business. so, what is the percentage of people in the technology field losing their jobs that change fields? is it high? is this kind of like mother nature weeding out the unfit so those that have the skills can get work? there was a few years where, if you could say the word computers, people would throw a huge amount of cash at you, and you took it and ran. the odd days of our industry. sitting around watching stock options make people bazillionares. me... my gazillion options are worth more on the paper they are printed on. oh yeah, after they laid me off, they gave me the opportunity to purchase the options that had vested up to my 'release' date. what the hell is that? sure, let me pay you for options that are, well, worthless. i think not.
started unpacking my box from the office i used to have. funny all of the things you seem to accumulate. cdr's with no labels. folders full of papers you have no idea why you kept them. frequent eater cards to places you haven't been to in years. a coffee mug that fell behind your monitor. pencils, pens, post-it's, folders, binders, paper pads, tacks, glue, staples, sugar packets, odd computer parts...
well, i guess i'll end now. trying to stay motivated. trying to stay above the rim. see ya!