I get crap like this a lot

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 […]

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January 8, 2002

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I have all I can do to keep from FREAKING OUT!

Seventeen 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 […]

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January 4, 2002

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This past weekend…

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 […]

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December 30, 2001

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I am the Dotcom Kiss of Death

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 […]

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December 17, 2001

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My resume scares people.

I 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 […]

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December 11, 2001

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When I grow up, I want to claw my way into middle-management.

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 […]

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December 11, 2001

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You probably see where this is going…

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 […]

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November 15, 2001

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“When I grow up, I want to be underappreciated.”

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 […]

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November 13, 2001

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The Saga Continues…

FreakBoss called at 11:52am today. I let the machine get it, of course. I was surprised since that was rather late for him to call. Maybe one of these days he’ll break the Noon barrier. I haven’t called him back yet. I don’t feel like it. I think we’re supposed to have a cousins’ dinner […]

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November 13, 2001

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