Oh, this is just great. Every friend I have that blogs is losing their job. Also not good: Rover and I work in similar fields, so we’ll be going for the same goddamned jobs.

I going to try to convince ZombyBoy to quit blogging. Someone’s gotta pick up the tab at the RMBB 2.5.

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Well, another blogger is unemployed. I’m sorry that Andy lost his job, but I’m sure glad that he isn’t in my industry. I’d hate to compete against that guy for a job.

I also like Andrea’s idea for a club of unemployed bloggers. I’ll be a founding member, but I hope that I get kicked out soon.

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The unemployment category is going on hiatus. I think that it might be hurting my chances with employers, so I’m gonna drop all the posts but this one into draft status and I won’t be talking about my search for a job anymore until I’m holding my first paycheck. Thanks for all the support, and please feel free to email me if you want any updates.

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Well, I didn’t get the job. No explanation, my recruiter is going to try to find out why. I can’t explain it, but I won’t be blogging about the next interview at all, just in case.

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Guess what? Yup, no word on the job. This is really getting fucking annoying.

Non-update: Still nothing. Not a yes, not a no, not even a, “We’ll get back to you Friday.” I’m gonna get so wasted.

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Nothing yet. They promised to get to me by tomorrow, so I’m hoping I’ll have good news by then. I could really use it, too. I’m just dying for a big slab of steak at Outback, and I’ve been holding out until I get a job.

Almost three months without prime rib. It’s tough.

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I will totally freak out if I don’t get this job. I need this job. Sure, the last one I thought I’d get paid better, but it was the usual support job. Cubical, hotpager once every two months, the usual bullshit. This one pays less, but it’s an upgrade in a lot of ways. I don’t think there’ll be a hotpager, I’ll get a cute little office, and there is really room for growth. My manager-to-be was a contractor just a few years ago.

Plus, I just need something to do. I’m really bored for at least six hours a day now, and those hours would be nicely filled with work.

Jeez, if I don’t get this, I don’t know what I’ll do.

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I’ve been freaking out about getting that fateful call from my prospective employer all weekend, and finally, last night, I ran out of everything but Jack Daniels. I wasn’t in a whiskey mood. I have trouble getting drunk on whiskey, since I don’t like to do shots of it, and I usually drink it slowly so that I can enjoy the taste more. It’s great for maintaining a buzz, but not so great for getting from zero to sixty.

So I find myself unable to sleep, online, at two AM. Who else is there but my friend Lauren B., she who tried to help me get this job, who understands being unemployed, and who is also an insomniac since she ripped up her back on the slopes (and who also, surprisingly, reads this blog. When she left a comment a while back I assumed that my buddy Jonny had clued her into that post). We talked about all sorts of shit: teevee, cute guys, job search, cute girls, unemployment, cute guys. For some reason she really seemed to enjoy seeing how I feel about Ashton Kutcher, compared to Jude Law, next to David Boreanz. Now, I’m not gay, I don’t work out enough, but if I was I’d take those boys in reverse order.

We ended up talking for six hours, until the bank opened and I could go deposit my unemployment check.

Update: L. Boogie rules! This chick rules!

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Hmmm, Jane over at Asymmetrical Information posts a letter that was to Jonah Goldberg and is rather dismissive, rightfully, of the assumptions the writer makes (he basically looked at his peer group and said, “Unemployment isn’t a problem!”). But some of the points he brings up are interesting.

Yes, it probably is hard for convenience stores and home builders to find workers, since most of the workers on the street are educated and used to being highly paid. Because of this, they are less likely to take a working-class job, either because of snobbery or because it just doesn’t pay well enough to pay the bills.

I’ve considered taking a low-paying part-time job just to relieve some of the boredom. As long is it paid about ten to twelve bucks an hour, for about thirty hours a week, I’d still get some unemployment. The other advantage is that it would stretch my total unemployment benefits out for a lot longer, since there is a total dollar amount that I can claim.

But I wouldn’t be asking if you wanted fries with that, I’d be asking what operating system would you like installed.

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It turns out that the job I’m applying for at IBM is not the same job that I got canned from. It’s actually with a whole different group, so… the plot thickens.

I doubt I’ll get it, though. The competition for it is going to be extremely heavy.

Update: Well, I won’t even get to interview. It was a circuit implementation job, and I’ve never worked with OC12s and above.

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