My bank account is empty. Time to sell some stock. We had another cousins’ dinner tonight and Tim said there may be some openings at the office where he just started last week. He’ll check when he gets back from NY next week. That’d be good for both of us since I’d get a job […]
Read More Update…Date: 8 Jan 2002 02:36:15 -0000 From: “Derek Lapp” I’m very impressed with DigitalUI’s work. I’m a highschool student considering a career in web page design. It would help me evaluate my post secondary options, if you could tell me what skills DigitalUI looks for in its employees. The latest website I have under construction […]
Read More I get crap like this a lotSeventeen months and about two hours ago, I learned (via e-mail) that I was laid off from ExpertCentral. I stayed on there until the end of the month, but I’ve been freelancing (a fancy word for “unemployed”) since then. Here’s how it is now… The money is gone. All of it. All the unemployment. All […]
Read More I have all I can do to keep from FREAKING OUT!I got up to Maine late on Friday and played some Grand Theft Auto III before heading to bed. On Saturday, I went to Mike & Sarah’s post-Christmas party. Sarah’s parents were there as well as her sister and her husband, the Terisons, and the Wellehans. We all had a good time being social. After […]
Read More This past weekend…
3/4ths of the companies I’ve worked for since graduating from college no longer exist: The Internet Company (aka internet.com) The Monster Board (now Monster.com…the lucky survivor) RivalWorks (sorry, web.archive.org didn’t save the images) ExpertCentral (aka “DumbassCentral”) With winners like that on my resume, no wonder nobody’s calling me for job interviews. It makes it look […]
Read More I am the Dotcom Kiss of DeathI just removed mention of Digital UI from my resume on Monster.com and replaced it with a generic “Consulting” listing. Having the fact I started my own web design firm may be what’s scaring people away from me. Maybe. Well, it’s at least worth a shot to see if this brings in more results than […]
Read More My resume scares people.I went out to Maynard today and had lunch with Mia and visited with old friends at Monster.com. Amory’s has good food, especially those fries. Yum! I couldn’t remember when the last time I visited was. I think it was March or April. Possibly sooner. They’ve had a few rounds of layoffs since then and […]
Read More When I grow up, I want to claw my way into middle-management.I’m torn between going out today and getting Grand Theft Auto 3 for my PlayStation 2 or waiting until Christmas. On the one hand, there’s the fun I’ll have playing a new game. On the other hand, do I REALLY need to be spending $50 on a game right now? Besides, I’ll be up in […]
Read More Nothing like a little Grand Theft Auto…Bad day. Went just about as I predicted… Got to Painville a little before Noon, sat and fumed while FreakBoss talked on the phone and messed around with a letter in Word for an hour, went to lunch with FreakBoss and his business partner, listened to them endlessly flirt with the butt-ugly waitress, got back […]
Read More You probably see where this is going…I’ve come to the conclusion that Monster.com has become a cesspool of jobs that nobody wants or nobody is qualified to fill (“5 years of Java, ASP, C++, and a graphic arts degree required”) or they’re for companies that just plain suck (“$25-30k non-negotiable”) or they’re vague job openings placed by headhunters (“Openings for humans […]
Read More “When I grow up, I want to be underappreciated.”