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Well, well, well… so the blog is back. Yes, after a nearly 3 week hiatus, I’m back to blogging. If anyone is still reading this, consider your vacation from poor attempts at humor and exaggerated stories over.

The big news of the past three weeks in my life? I got let go from Motive. You might recall I started working for them at the beginning of this year. Well, they had an ok 1st quarter, a not so good 2nd quarter, and a dreadful 3rd quarter. As such, they cut expenses. Big time. I was one of the many expenses cut.

Here’s the take away from this: 9/11. No, not that 9/11, rather 9 for 11.

I’ve been thru 11 layoffs in my career. I started out pretty good, going 9 for 9 from 2000 to 2003, but I’ve been o for 2 since then. Of course, the first layoff worked out pretty well for me. It provided the impetus for Aparna & I to move to Austin, and I was able to experience working for a non-technology company for once.

I’m confident this situation will also turn out to be a good thing in the end. (That’s one of the perks of being an optimist!) In fact some good has already come of it. I’ve been able to spend tons of time with Liah, and I’ve had enough time to force myself to the gym! Granted, I’ve only been working out for a week, but it’s been a while since I worked out for a week!

I’ll have my resume up on snagabag soon, so you can all look forward to reading it!

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