I’ve got a friend who works IT at Boeing Co. which is currently laying off a few thousand apparently. Actually, they’re trying to dump 10,000 employees.
Ouch.
My heart seriously hurts for that group; I know what it’s like firsthand to get laid off. In fact, I didn’t just get laid off, I got fired.
It was a “defining moment,” as one person says, and it was one of the best things that could have ever happened to me in terms of IT.
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