One week ago today, I was laid off. It's still rather surreal. But I believe even in a layoff, one can be intentional. Today, working for a company more than a few years is rare. There was a time when being an employee for one, two, or even three decades was admired and rewarded. In the tech industry, three years seems the average. After three years, a worker can become an oddity. With nine years at AOL, I must've been a fossil. I wondered sometimes if people thought I had no ambition to "climb the corporate ladder." Or if I was one-dimensional and didn't wish to better myself. Else, why would one stay at the same job for nine years?
The adventures and thoughts of a Mississippi boy and his family living in the Washington - Baltimore region