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I wish I could have kept my cool as well when I walked into the room with “Darth Vadar” and “Lando Calrisian”. I knew too well it was personal vindication though because I complained about bosses who were not engaged with my work. I was given numerous major design changes on fixed fee jobs after they finally looked at said project three months in (while billing numerous hours to it). It was nice to burn bridges and I'm not looking back, but of course its always best to keep your friends close, and your enemies closer. I'm going to remain nameless, but you were enormously helpful (and still are) with my continuing CAD education Donnie and I wouldn't have had the confidence to tell Darth and Lando to f*** off if not for you and Eric. It was especially gratifying as well after being entirely left out when our group was featured by AutoCAD.

I'm really glad to see that you rebounded so well. Congrats on the new book.

There are two points where I feel that it you touched upon a very crucial part of job hunting. The first is the breathe section; loosing a job can be frustrating but there is only one more thing that can be even worse…loosing it and then trying to find another one promptly with lower self-esteem and depleted resource of enthusiasm…well, this is the best cocktail on how not to get a job. You are right, having a few days off after being sacked as important as a good, up-to-date cv!

The second crucial point is the Linkedin network. Personally I have never got a job through there (I was not actively looking in the last few years either) yet I have heard from several people that they got a good job through Linkedin along with a decent salary, so it is definitely worth a try. Moreover, I noticed that sector-specific recruitment agents are adding me into their network, which is again a good sign of the fact that jobs are actually being circulated within Linkedin members.

Thank you

CroAxis

There are two points where I feel that it you touched upon a very crucial part of job hunting. The first is the breathe section; loosing a job can be frustrating but there is only one more thing that can be even worse…loosing it and then trying to find another one promptly with lower self-esteem and depleted resource of enthusiasm…well, this is the best cocktail on how not to get a job. You are right, having a few days off after being sacked as important as a good, up-to-date cv!

The second crucial point is the Linkedin network. Personally I have never got a job through there (I was not actively looking in the last few years either) yet I have heard from several people that they got a good job through Linkedin along with a decent salary, so it is definitely worth a try. Moreover, I noticed that sector-specific recruitment agents are adding me into their network, which is again a good sign of the fact that jobs are actually being circulated within Linkedin members.

Thank you

CroAxis