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| DATE | 2015-05-03 |
| FROM | Rick Moen
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| SUBJECT | Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] Journal Club meeting
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Quoting Ruben Safir (mrbrklyn-at-panix.com):
> Well, I went back to school, but I doubt it will ever amount to a new
> career in IT. It's not like I haven't had a full life. I had 6 kids,
> two careers, raised hell in politics, organized programs, lived a full
> Jewish life, and now I've buried everyone that really mattered. I've
> lived through a divorce that caused pain that one can't imagine. I've
> seen the great art, was there when the Twin Towers fell, lived through
> the worst crime spree of modern history. We lived through the city's
> fiscal crisis, race riot, and still squeezed worthwhile activities out
> of the dark and bleak times we lived in. But I'll still end up homeless
> in a month, looking for work. And I really am getting old, in a hard way.
That does sound pretty dire. I hope you find ways to make things work.
I'm not sure how to best advise you: You might need to just take a
chance on some place new where you think you might be able to get by on
whatever short-term work is available.
A survival job would not necessarily be in IT. (I've had horrifically
bad luck getting IT jobs during downturns, and it's been touch and go
each time.)
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