Same River, Different Water
posted in General |“So, are you a computer programmer?”
I was selling books back to Powell’s Books, and some of the books I was trying to sell were programming books. “Ahh, naw, just Internet stuff, ” I told the nice lady named “Info” , “I leave the real coding for the hard core geeks.” Well, now I’m an unemployed soft core geek …. well, ok, unemployed “Senior Developer.” My newest ex-boss was not willing to pay us in beer, so he let us go this morning. That’s a line that he can draw that I can respect; I’m not volunteering my time for his business.
We did leave it open for the future, when they get solvent again. We believe that his product will be profitable, but we are under no illusions, and we are instructed to file for unemployment and to look for work.
Check, and check. I’ve also filled out the form for “Business License Exemption” for businesses that will earn less than $25,000. The business name I’m using is Argh Webworks, a display site I set up about a year ago as a place to aim possible clients. It’s funny, I always swore I’d never own a business, but here I am, looking at the startup steps to earning my fabulous wealth.
My outlook today is completely different from a year and a half ago or even when my first dot-com dreams died. I have a much higher sense of my self-worth, underlined by my boss’s parting words. “You have the talent and the knowledge. You’re a good programmer. And judging on what I’ve heard of your history, you deserve a lot better. Don’t take that again.” Well, hell, with a blank check like that one, I’m going places.
See ya in the unemployment queue.
