And so ends this chapter...

[mortonfox]

Yesterday was a funny day. I accidentally tipped over one cup of coffee. Then I accidentally tipped over another cup of coffee. Then I had trouble with the blinds in the meeting room. Then I got fired

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[mortonfox]

Thanks. Well, I don't actually have to go back to work for a very long time so I'll take it slowly. Anything that I've been meaning to do, well, now's the time.

[lobowolf]

Congratulations?

I'd say if you were planning to leave anyway, getting involuntarily terminated is a fantastic bit of luck :3 At least in my state (NH), if you leave a job voluntarily (even a temp job), you're not entitled to anything whatsoever, even if your job was cleaning the sewers for $3 an hour while your boss whipped you.

[mortonfox]

Thanks. Even in NJ, it's harder to claim unemployment benefits if you quit voluntarily. There is an exception for those who were compelled to leave but I imagine that would be hard to prove in most cases. But the COBRA subsidy is an immediate advantage.

[lobowolf]

Definitely a better situation for the COBRA benefits. Sometimes, under the right circumstances (like when you hate the job, don't see it as a career, and were thinking of leaving anyway) having somebody else make the choice can be a good thing.

[d4b]

OP: Congrats, Morton!!

I'd say if you were planning to leave anyway, getting involuntarily terminated is a fantastic bit of luck :3

Yeah; much the same happened to me in '98, (only it wasn't luck; I worked at it). I actually made more not working for the company for six months than I did when I was! Plus I got to build my own company, (that I was already working on previously), while I was getting paid ridiculously well for not working.

...even if your job was cleaning the sewers for $3 an hour while your boss whipped you.

Yannow, at some point, some jobs cross over from mere employment to downright kink! ;-)

[jlc]

14.5 years and it didn't have the looks of a lasting career? Geez, and here I'm feeling like this job is looking like something that'd last forever because I just passed the 1 year mark :P

[mortonfox]

The surprise was how long it lasted! Well, actually, the first 5 years were good. Then things started happening and it got worse and worse. Even so, this was a good long run. I don't know of too many people in software dev who've been at the same job this long.

[jlc]

I always thought it was kinda crazy that there are folks at my company who've been there for over nine years.

[mortonfox]

Well, I can't speak for everyone and it depends on where you work. On good days, there'll be interesting problems to solve and coding to do, but sometimes, it's just a lot of code maintenance.

[jbadger]

I also have money set aside enough but still, would like to work until the end of next year at least.

[mortonfox]

You'll do well. You do have a lot of home equity to deploy should you decide you want to pull up stakes and move to a place with a lower cost of living.