achtungbaby
08-10-2002, 01:16 AM
I happened upon this article (http://www.dalme.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=53) over at dalme.com. Here's my response:
Boy, this story somehow went looking for me, found me, and then kicked my ass. About two years ago I left my job at a Big 5 after toiling there for three years. It just wasn't living. I wanted to finally do something, anything, that I could believe in and get excited about. I was actually excited at the prospect of living day to day, scrounging to make by, while passionately pursuing "whatever."
And within a week or so I got an offer to make about double my previous salary in-- yep, you guessed it! -- technology!! I had no previous specific tech experience, but at D&T I was forced to tinker and dabble in CRM, and there you have it.
I thought for a moment at the stark contrast, how I'd just left somewhere in search of belng alive, only to be tempted by the prospect of losing my soul more, if that's possible.
Of course I took it.
And a las, you live by the sword, you get cut into a thousand pieces very slowly by the sword: I was laid off after a year (CRM sucks ass!) and left now at a very uneviable place: light utilization on my resume but just slightly more intelligent than your average total moron.
Boy, this story somehow went looking for me, found me, and then kicked my ass. About two years ago I left my job at a Big 5 after toiling there for three years. It just wasn't living. I wanted to finally do something, anything, that I could believe in and get excited about. I was actually excited at the prospect of living day to day, scrounging to make by, while passionately pursuing "whatever."
And within a week or so I got an offer to make about double my previous salary in-- yep, you guessed it! -- technology!! I had no previous specific tech experience, but at D&T I was forced to tinker and dabble in CRM, and there you have it.
I thought for a moment at the stark contrast, how I'd just left somewhere in search of belng alive, only to be tempted by the prospect of losing my soul more, if that's possible.
Of course I took it.
And a las, you live by the sword, you get cut into a thousand pieces very slowly by the sword: I was laid off after a year (CRM sucks ass!) and left now at a very uneviable place: light utilization on my resume but just slightly more intelligent than your average total moron.