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Thankful Thursday, plus two PSAs
2012-03-08 08:03 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mdlbearA very special Thankful Thursday today. Today I am thankful for:
- Three weeks' notice and 6 months of severance pay
- Friends
- A great set of soon-to-be-ex coworkers
- My skill as a programmer and software architect
- My 65th birthday, in less than a week
- The Starport's annual "It's Green" party on Saturday.
Yup. Laid off, after 19.5 years at Ricoh. It's been a good run. I can't afford to retire; I took about half the equity out of my house, and the housing market has taken almost all of the other half. I'll consider work either locally (Silicon Valley) or in the Seattle area, broadening to include Oregon and Utah if it becomes necessary in a couple of months.
I'll have copies of my resume at the party on Saturday. See you there?
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Date: 2012-03-09 04:47 am (UTC)Things are apparently pretty dire -- they're letting five people go, including one who's been there longer than I have.
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Date: 2012-03-09 07:07 am (UTC)*hugs*
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Date: 2012-03-09 07:25 am (UTC)*Hugs* to you if you want 'em, and may you find new work quickly!
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Date: 2012-03-09 02:47 pm (UTC)I don't know anything about the job situation out west, but here in Minnesota I am getting more and more emails and calls from recruiters, which I take as a positive sign.
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Date: 2012-03-09 02:59 pm (UTC)The job market is, indeed, picking up; that's good.
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Date: 2012-03-09 04:27 pm (UTC)If you do end up in the Seattle area, let me know. I always like meeting Internet Friends IRL.
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