Stanford eliminated my position. I kind of worked myself out of a job. I'm not the only one - they had to cut the budget by 10%, and the easiest way to do that was to cut positions. I get a few months notice and severance.

Still, it's a drag. I tend to hate the whole interview charade these days. It used to be a lot easier, but there are so many ( Read more... )

I enjoy this, but seldom have the inclination or cash to buy in.

Well, for this one, Stained, I have the inclination, but not the cash.

But hey, I can at least point other people to it so they can enjoy...

Oh, the first payday on the new job won't be until the 25th...

There are others, as well, and I really should highlight them now and

What is it with some programmers, who write really powerful tools like rsyslog, and then have the CRAPPIEST documentation. I mean, yeah, I get that the guy is German, so English is not his native language, but even accounting for german style grammar still had it too fragmented and incomplete ( Read more... )

A guy started "Rural America Onshore Outsourcing

Yeah, they pay less then the cities do, but rents are cheaper too...

People are finally leveraging our infrastructure and education. Too bad the GOP wants to fritter it all away in the name of "don't tax me, it's MY money" (that they made because of the infrastructure paid for by others before

Agriprocessors Trial: Underage Workers Describe BRUTAL Working Conditions At Iowa PlantYeah, first they start it with illegals, but strong unions would prevent it from even getting started ( Read more... )

I got laid off today ( Read more... )

Seriously. There is no longer a "shortage" of "qualified" American tech workers. Massive numbers of qualified, current American workers are unemployed, costing the state money in UI benefits, losing their houses, becoming homeless, or working at Starbucks. All this while the high flying H1(b) people are still employed. This is just plain wrong ( Read more... )

Requiring a Windows only tool (VMware Infrastructure Client) to manage an otherwise Linux-only server virtualization system is like requiring a pig to lead a procession of Arabian show horses. Epic fail ( Read more... )

Sometime in January, I want to change jobs. If you know of companies that will be hiring in that time-frame, let me know, and I'll point you to my resume. This post is public for a reason ( Read more... )

With recession looming large, I think it's time to review the magical job search ( Read more... )