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The Media Sucks!

March 14th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Coping, Losing a job, War stories

“The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers.” — Thomas Jefferson You’ve seen the TV show. Throw a piece of meat overboard and the sharks attack. They don’t care what they’re eating: they just tear it to bits, thrashing violently until it’s gone. Nothing will [...]

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Why It Was All My Fault

February 25th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Losing a job, War stories

One day after my company died someone said to me, “You’re gonna realize that you were the one who screwed up.” WTF? I had been recently promoted to the top level of the firm and kicked in over $150,000 as the price of admission. Six months later I was left with 1/3 of my pay, [...]

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