Laid off; career over
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.. more or less. After 25 years of software development, and 6 with my most recent employer, I was laid off on Tuesday. I work from home, so for me it came in the form of a sudden call from my boss's boss - I knew as soon as I picked up the phone what it was about. The next day I had a final check and terminatation paperwork in my hand - that company really has the involuntary termination process down pat. But this happened to coincide with my wife's decision to purchase her boss's veterinary clinic, and she needs a practice manager. So I'm going to put the coding tools down and start doing people things: managing people, paying bills, and modernizing her computer system. Kinda sucks, but I don't think I'll miss it too much.
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.. more or less. After 25 years of software development, and 6 with my most recent employer, I was laid off on Tuesday. I work from home, so for me it came in the form of a sudden call from my boss's boss - I knew as soon as I picked up the phone what it was about. The next day I had a final check and terminatation paperwork in my hand - that company really has the involuntary termination process down pat. But this happened to coincide with my wife's decision to purchase her boss's veterinary clinic, and she needs a practice manager. So I'm going to put the coding tools down and start doing people things: managing people, paying bills, and modernizing her computer system. Kinda sucks, but I don't think I'll miss it too much.
Jim A. Johnson wrote:
and start doing people things: managing people, paying bills, and modernizing her computer system.
And, if experience has any lesson in it, occasionally cleaning out the poopies from the cat carriers. :) Marc
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.. more or less. After 25 years of software development, and 6 with my most recent employer, I was laid off on Tuesday. I work from home, so for me it came in the form of a sudden call from my boss's boss - I knew as soon as I picked up the phone what it was about. The next day I had a final check and terminatation paperwork in my hand - that company really has the involuntary termination process down pat. But this happened to coincide with my wife's decision to purchase her boss's veterinary clinic, and she needs a practice manager. So I'm going to put the coding tools down and start doing people things: managing people, paying bills, and modernizing her computer system. Kinda sucks, but I don't think I'll miss it too much.
Good luck with the possible change in career.
I still remember having to write your own code in FORTRAN rather than be a cut and paste merchant being pampered by colour coded Intellisense - ahh proper programming - those were the days :)
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.. more or less. After 25 years of software development, and 6 with my most recent employer, I was laid off on Tuesday. I work from home, so for me it came in the form of a sudden call from my boss's boss - I knew as soon as I picked up the phone what it was about. The next day I had a final check and terminatation paperwork in my hand - that company really has the involuntary termination process down pat. But this happened to coincide with my wife's decision to purchase her boss's veterinary clinic, and she needs a practice manager. So I'm going to put the coding tools down and start doing people things: managing people, paying bills, and modernizing her computer system. Kinda sucks, but I don't think I'll miss it too much.
Good luck - when I was laid off (twice), it was the worst feeling ever.
Arthur Dent - "That would explain it. All my life I've had this strange feeling that there's something big and sinister going on in the world." Slartibartfast - "No. That's perfectly normal paranoia. Everybody in the universe gets that." Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.
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.. more or less. After 25 years of software development, and 6 with my most recent employer, I was laid off on Tuesday. I work from home, so for me it came in the form of a sudden call from my boss's boss - I knew as soon as I picked up the phone what it was about. The next day I had a final check and terminatation paperwork in my hand - that company really has the involuntary termination process down pat. But this happened to coincide with my wife's decision to purchase her boss's veterinary clinic, and she needs a practice manager. So I'm going to put the coding tools down and start doing people things: managing people, paying bills, and modernizing her computer system. Kinda sucks, but I don't think I'll miss it too much.
I see your point here feeling sad about losing a hold of something you participated in for such a long time is disconcerting. Though if you dwell on it a bit it could be a welcome break sometimes this computer jive gets to be a bit much, certainly you sometimes feel like everyday is Groundhog day, again.
Where did my glasses go...
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.. more or less. After 25 years of software development, and 6 with my most recent employer, I was laid off on Tuesday. I work from home, so for me it came in the form of a sudden call from my boss's boss - I knew as soon as I picked up the phone what it was about. The next day I had a final check and terminatation paperwork in my hand - that company really has the involuntary termination process down pat. But this happened to coincide with my wife's decision to purchase her boss's veterinary clinic, and she needs a practice manager. So I'm going to put the coding tools down and start doing people things: managing people, paying bills, and modernizing her computer system. Kinda sucks, but I don't think I'll miss it too much.
Jim A. Johnson wrote:
But this happened to coincide with my wife's decision to purchase her boss's veterinary clinic, and she needs a practice manager. So I'm going to put the coding tools down and start doing people things: managing people, paying bills, and modernizing her computer system.
The career is dead. Long live the career! Good luck with your new job.
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.. more or less. After 25 years of software development, and 6 with my most recent employer, I was laid off on Tuesday. I work from home, so for me it came in the form of a sudden call from my boss's boss - I knew as soon as I picked up the phone what it was about. The next day I had a final check and terminatation paperwork in my hand - that company really has the involuntary termination process down pat. But this happened to coincide with my wife's decision to purchase her boss's veterinary clinic, and she needs a practice manager. So I'm going to put the coding tools down and start doing people things: managing people, paying bills, and modernizing her computer system. Kinda sucks, but I don't think I'll miss it too much.
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.. more or less. After 25 years of software development, and 6 with my most recent employer, I was laid off on Tuesday. I work from home, so for me it came in the form of a sudden call from my boss's boss - I knew as soon as I picked up the phone what it was about. The next day I had a final check and terminatation paperwork in my hand - that company really has the involuntary termination process down pat. But this happened to coincide with my wife's decision to purchase her boss's veterinary clinic, and she needs a practice manager. So I'm going to put the coding tools down and start doing people things: managing people, paying bills, and modernizing her computer system. Kinda sucks, but I don't think I'll miss it too much.
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.. more or less. After 25 years of software development, and 6 with my most recent employer, I was laid off on Tuesday. I work from home, so for me it came in the form of a sudden call from my boss's boss - I knew as soon as I picked up the phone what it was about. The next day I had a final check and terminatation paperwork in my hand - that company really has the involuntary termination process down pat. But this happened to coincide with my wife's decision to purchase her boss's veterinary clinic, and she needs a practice manager. So I'm going to put the coding tools down and start doing people things: managing people, paying bills, and modernizing her computer system. Kinda sucks, but I don't think I'll miss it too much.
Jim A. Johnson wrote:
Kinda sucks, but I don't think I'll miss it too much.
It's a life experience. You could always use your programming know-how to help you with the tedious management tasks at least. New ventures can also be a bit intimidating, but how knows you just may wake up and find yourself liking it. If not, at least you'll have something to do while searching for something else.
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.. more or less. After 25 years of software development, and 6 with my most recent employer, I was laid off on Tuesday. I work from home, so for me it came in the form of a sudden call from my boss's boss - I knew as soon as I picked up the phone what it was about. The next day I had a final check and terminatation paperwork in my hand - that company really has the involuntary termination process down pat. But this happened to coincide with my wife's decision to purchase her boss's veterinary clinic, and she needs a practice manager. So I'm going to put the coding tools down and start doing people things: managing people, paying bills, and modernizing her computer system. Kinda sucks, but I don't think I'll miss it too much.
Jim A. Johnson wrote:
I knew as soon as I picked up the phone what it was about.
Okay - so you were expecting something like this then?
Jim A. Johnson wrote:
But this happened to coincide with my wife's decision to purchase her boss's veterinary clinic, and she needs a practice manager. So I'm going to put the coding tools down and start doing people things: managing people, paying bills, and modernizing her computer system.
Nice - enjoy the new roles :-)
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.. more or less. After 25 years of software development, and 6 with my most recent employer, I was laid off on Tuesday. I work from home, so for me it came in the form of a sudden call from my boss's boss - I knew as soon as I picked up the phone what it was about. The next day I had a final check and terminatation paperwork in my hand - that company really has the involuntary termination process down pat. But this happened to coincide with my wife's decision to purchase her boss's veterinary clinic, and she needs a practice manager. So I'm going to put the coding tools down and start doing people things: managing people, paying bills, and modernizing her computer system. Kinda sucks, but I don't think I'll miss it too much.
Not the best way to enter into a new role, but it sounds kind of exciting. Good Luck, Jim.
BW
If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.
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.. more or less. After 25 years of software development, and 6 with my most recent employer, I was laid off on Tuesday. I work from home, so for me it came in the form of a sudden call from my boss's boss - I knew as soon as I picked up the phone what it was about. The next day I had a final check and terminatation paperwork in my hand - that company really has the involuntary termination process down pat. But this happened to coincide with my wife's decision to purchase her boss's veterinary clinic, and she needs a practice manager. So I'm going to put the coding tools down and start doing people things: managing people, paying bills, and modernizing her computer system. Kinda sucks, but I don't think I'll miss it too much.
I'm really sorry for you. That's gotta be a blow. I used to work at a vet clinic and loved it. The funniest thing is if a dog drinks anti-freeze (not that in itself is funny) that you shoot them full of Everclear which binds to the anti-freeze so they can pass it harmlessly (otherwise it destroys the kidneys). Nothing funnier that waking up a passed out malumute for another round. Often the dogs start to "sing" and then pass out again.
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.. more or less. After 25 years of software development, and 6 with my most recent employer, I was laid off on Tuesday. I work from home, so for me it came in the form of a sudden call from my boss's boss - I knew as soon as I picked up the phone what it was about. The next day I had a final check and terminatation paperwork in my hand - that company really has the involuntary termination process down pat. But this happened to coincide with my wife's decision to purchase her boss's veterinary clinic, and she needs a practice manager. So I'm going to put the coding tools down and start doing people things: managing people, paying bills, and modernizing her computer system. Kinda sucks, but I don't think I'll miss it too much.
Jim A. Johnson wrote:
After 25 years of software development, and 6 with my most recent employer, I was laid off on Tuesday
good luck.
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Good luck - when I was laid off (twice), it was the worst feeling ever.
Arthur Dent - "That would explain it. All my life I've had this strange feeling that there's something big and sinister going on in the world." Slartibartfast - "No. That's perfectly normal paranoia. Everybody in the universe gets that." Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.
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.. more or less. After 25 years of software development, and 6 with my most recent employer, I was laid off on Tuesday. I work from home, so for me it came in the form of a sudden call from my boss's boss - I knew as soon as I picked up the phone what it was about. The next day I had a final check and terminatation paperwork in my hand - that company really has the involuntary termination process down pat. But this happened to coincide with my wife's decision to purchase her boss's veterinary clinic, and she needs a practice manager. So I'm going to put the coding tools down and start doing people things: managing people, paying bills, and modernizing her computer system. Kinda sucks, but I don't think I'll miss it too much.
Can't say you're careers over because you got laid off, get your resume into the agencies whilst doing the vet stuff, you need something as a backup if your next move doesn't work out. But all the same good luck.
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.. more or less. After 25 years of software development, and 6 with my most recent employer, I was laid off on Tuesday. I work from home, so for me it came in the form of a sudden call from my boss's boss - I knew as soon as I picked up the phone what it was about. The next day I had a final check and terminatation paperwork in my hand - that company really has the involuntary termination process down pat. But this happened to coincide with my wife's decision to purchase her boss's veterinary clinic, and she needs a practice manager. So I'm going to put the coding tools down and start doing people things: managing people, paying bills, and modernizing her computer system. Kinda sucks, but I don't think I'll miss it too much.
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Pete O'Hanlon wrote:
it was the worst feeling ever.
So you must be like what... 22? :-D
led mike
Oh, I wish. Not for a long time.:sigh:
Arthur Dent - "That would explain it. All my life I've had this strange feeling that there's something big and sinister going on in the world." Slartibartfast - "No. That's perfectly normal paranoia. Everybody in the universe gets that." Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.
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.. more or less. After 25 years of software development, and 6 with my most recent employer, I was laid off on Tuesday. I work from home, so for me it came in the form of a sudden call from my boss's boss - I knew as soon as I picked up the phone what it was about. The next day I had a final check and terminatation paperwork in my hand - that company really has the involuntary termination process down pat. But this happened to coincide with my wife's decision to purchase her boss's veterinary clinic, and she needs a practice manager. So I'm going to put the coding tools down and start doing people things: managing people, paying bills, and modernizing her computer system. Kinda sucks, but I don't think I'll miss it too much.
Well, now you have a chance to build a vertical market app for veterinary offices around the world. This could be your big break to work for yourself and not have to design other peoples projects. Could be!
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After reading the entire post it sounds ok... maybe great... but that subject line has got to be way up the list of "worst ever". :laugh::laugh:
led mike
:') Yeah, I love drama. It's mostly over by choice at this point.. just got tired of the cycle.