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With a normal readership of about ten people that I know of, I wasn&#8217;t expecting to get much response beyond my family and a few friends. The &#8216;net being what it is, though, tales of my trials and tribulations seem to be spreading, and I&#8217;ve gotten many nice <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/10\/of_blogging_and.html#comments\" title=\"Eclecticism: Of blogging and unemployment Comments\">comments<\/a>, e-mails, and phone calls, not to mention links on a growing number of sites.<\/p>\n<p>Mentions that I&#8217;ve found as of 10\/29\/03 @ 0234:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bleed.com\/october2003.php3\">Bleed: Monday, Oct. 27<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cynics.info\/laments\/2003\/10\/blog_with_care.php\">cynics dot info &#8211; Blog With Care<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.solicitor.blogspot.com\/2003_10_01_solicitor_archive.html#106731605375585160\">My Blog &#8211; eclecticism > Poor Fella!<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jhave.typepad.com\/blog\/2003\/10\/careful_about_y.html\">A Dane in Luxembourg: Careful About Your Blogging<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/john.hoke.org\/archives\/2003\/10\/careful_what_you_write.php\">John P. Hoke&#8217;s Aslyum: Careful What You Write<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wrywriter.blogspot.com\/2003_10_01_wrywriter_archive.html#106735985018891935\">The Wry Writer&#8217;s Daily Bash: Beware What You Blog<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/coffeegrounds.typepad.com\/blog\/2003\/10\/intimidation.html\">Coffeegrounds: Intimidation<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reecie.com\/archives\/000145.html\">Reecie: Tuesday, 10\/28\/03<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/esigler.2nw.net\/blog\/2003\/10\/28\/yup_microsoft_is_big_on_rss_these_days\">esigler.2nw.net\/blog: Yup, Microsoft is big on RSS these days<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.interalia.org\/archives\/002041.php\">Among Other Things: Several links of virtually no importance, and one that counts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.8bitjoystick.com\/SuggestedReading.php\">8Bit Joystick: Suggested Reading<\/a> (currently the 6th link down)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.netwarriors.org\/d\/2003\/10\/28\/11.07.53\/index.html\">The Book of FSCK: How G5s can make you unemployed&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Eat Your Vegetables: <a href=\"http:\/\/brokengoalie.typepad.com\/eyv\/2003\/10\/when_microsoft_.html\">When Microsoft Attacks<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/brokengoalie.typepad.com\/eyv\/2003\/10\/when_microsoft__1.html\">When Microsoft Attacks, Part 2<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/2hrlunch.typepad.com\/bloggo\/2003\/10\/were_all_el_rus.html\">Two Hour Lunch: We&#8217;re All El Rushbos on This Bus<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/republicoft.typepad.com\/republic_of_t\/2003\/10\/blogging_causes.html\">The Republic of T: Blogging Causes Unemployment<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mithras.blogs.com\/blog\/2003\/10\/yet_another_rea.html\">Fables of the Reconstruction: Yet Another Reason I Blog Anonymously<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/forums.macrumors.com\/showthread.php?s=&amp;threadid=44539\">MacBytes\/MacRumors Forums<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.andshesaid.com\/archives\/000981.php\">And She Said: Why Did I Want to Be There?<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moltz.net\/~john\/blog\/archives\/000263.html\">John Molz: Wee bit touchy, are we?<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.livejournal.com\/users\/xenex\/136893.html\">Xenex: Wednesday, October 29th, 2003 03:08 pm<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.livejournal.com\/users\/ninaf\/194402.html\">ninaf: (28 Oct 2003|08:03pm)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.metafilter.com\/mefi\/29239\">MetaFilter<\/a> (!!!)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lostinlouisville.com\/blog\/2003_10_26_archive.htm#106739744086407815\">LostInLouisville: blog the wrong picture, get fired from Microsoft<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kanai.net\/weblog\/archives\/001538.html\">Gen Kanai weblog: Fired for blogging<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/forums.maccentral.com\/wwwthreads\/showflat.php?Cat=&amp;Board=general&amp;Number=564270&amp;page=0&amp;view=ex\">MacCentral Forums<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hdconsultants.us\/posts\/236.aspx\">Sirsha Development Resources: MS fired a guy for blogging?<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brajeshwar.com\/archives\/000161.php\">Brajeshwar v4.0: You blog, then better ask your boss<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.setonhill.edu\/nmj\/000916.html\">New Media Journalism @ Seton Hill University: Microsoft Fires Blogger<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dsandler.org\/entry.php?2281\">dsandler.org: Tuesday 28-Oct 11:57 pm<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sesblog.hu\/archives\/netszueret\/000421.html\">sesblog: I Love This Company<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ross.typepad.com\/\">Ross Mayfield&#8217;s Weblog<\/a> (in the Linkorama)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.waxy.org\/links\/\">Waxy.org: Links: October 28, 2003<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/armandfrasco.typepad.com\/main\/2003\/10\/cubicle_horror.html\">The Empire Armand: Cubicle Horror<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/snowchyld.org\/archives\/000234_dear-microsoft.php\">Snowchyld: Dear Microsoft<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/fishbowl.pastiche.org\/quicklinks\/archives\/001409\">Fishbowl Quicklinks: How to Get Kicked Out of Microsoft for Blogging<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/drkissling.com\/cmst490\/index.php?m=200310#34\">CMST 490: Microsoft 1, Blogger 0<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dearie-me.blogspot.com\/2003_10_26_dearie-me_archive.html#106742019384868371\">Dearie Me: And today&#8217;s lesson is&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.windspirit.co.za\/weblog\/archives\/000143.html\">Wind Spirit: Used in evidence against you<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/menino.com\/\">Menino.com: eclecticism > Even Microsoft wants G5s<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/importance.typepad.com\/the_importance_of\/2003\/10\/blogger_fired_f.html\">The Importance Of: Blogger Fired for Security Violation<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnblog.org\/blog\/archives\/2003_10_26_cnblog_archive.html#106741728464971855\">CNBlog: blogging<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I&#8217;ve spent part of the day updating my resum&eacute; (a task that I have to admit I always dread), and have polished it up to the best of my ability and posted it here. With any luck, between the temp agency, my own efforts, and what little notoriety I may gain in my fifteen minutes of fame, this stretch of unemployment won&#8217;t last too long. In any case, I&#8217;m certainly keeping my fingers crossed (though it does make it a bit harder to type, I can use all the luck I can get right now).<\/p>\n<p>To address some of the concerns and questions I&#8217;ve received:<\/p>\n<h3>Legal recourses<\/h3>\n<p>A couple people have inquired about possible legal recourses. This is an avenue that I don&#8217;t particularly want to investigate, for a few reasons. First, I don&#8217;t think that the time and trouble is worth it, and second, I&#8217;d be willing to bet that somewhere in the labyrinthine red tape of contracts among my temp agency, the vendor, and Microsoft, this situation is probably covered in one form or another.<\/p>\n<p>In the end, what it boils down to was a slight misjudgment on my part. While I (and many other people) may find Microsoft&#8217;s reaction to be extreme and unnecessary, chances are they had every legal right to make the decision that they did. I would certainly have preferred that they simply request that I take the offending post down (which I would have done in a heartbeat), but for whatever reasons, they chose not to take that route.<\/p>\n<h3>Future plans and possibilities<\/h3>\n<p>Thankfully, this appears to be solely an issue between Microsoft and myself. While I got the news from my supervisor, it was made clear to me that there was nothing he could do about the situation, and he was sorry to see me go. As I&#8217;d been a valuable member of the team in the print shop, able to cover nearly any position outside of administrative duties, losing me will be a bit of a blow to the shop (now, I&#8217;m not so amazingly egotistical to claim that the place is going to go down in flames just because lil&#8217; ol&#8217; me isn&#8217;t chipping in anymore, mind you &#8212; I just know that I was able to help out wherever I was needed, and I enjoyed doing it).<\/p>\n<p>Seeing as how he was also caught off guard by this situation, he&#8217;s said that he&#8217;ll ask around and see if there might be any other open positions outside of Microsoft that I might be able to be shuffled into. This is no guarantee, of course, but it&#8217;s certainly nice to know that he thought highly enough of me to at least take a few minutes to ask around about possibilities.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve also received a couple of requests for my resum&eacute; via e-mail, which have been sent out to everyone who asked for them.<\/p>\n<p>In the end, though, I&#8217;m still crossing my fingers, waiting to see what may come down the pike.<\/p>\n<h3>Finances<\/h3>\n<p>A few people have inquired about how I&#8217;m doing financially. I have to admit &#8212; things are a little dicey here. Rent is due in a week, and while I&#8217;ll be able to dip into some emergency money to get me through this round, I will need to have stable income by the time November 5th rolls around or I&#8217;ll be in very dire straits. It&#8217;s quite typical, in a Murphy&#8217;s Law kind of way, that this would happen just a few weeks after I blew my savings on a new computer. Ah, well &#8212; there was certainly no way to plan for it.<\/p>\n<p>Now, I&#8217;ve never been much of one for asking for money &#8212; I&#8217;m quite stubborn by nature (according to my parents, one of my first words as a child was &#8220;self!&#8221;), and generally, if I can&#8217;t handle something on my own, well, that&#8217;s just the way it goes. Besides, I can more easily see a website\/weblog requesting donations when they focus on a specific topic, rather than being the essentially random collection of technical babble, political indignation, personal musings, and occasional bad humor that this site tends towards. ;)<\/p>\n<p>That said, however&#8230;(oh, sure, first the disclaimers, then the heart rending plea for help, complete with a John Williams score &#8212; oh, can I get Steven Spielberg to direct the TV spot?)&#8230;I have had a PayPal donation button in my <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/about\/\" title=\"Eclecticism: About the Author\">about page<\/a> for months now, as well as the Amazon links at the bottom of each page. To date, these have netted me all of &#8212; hold on, let me check &#8212; approximately $12 from my Amazon Associates account, and absolutely nothing from the PayPal button.<\/p>\n<p>Now, that&#8217;s about exactly what I&#8217;d expect to see, and I certainly don&#8217;t expect it to change. Heck, with the economy the way it is, there&#8217;s not a lot of people out there who have the spare change to help support some anonymous bloke whose sob story they just stumbled into while wandering around the &#8216;net. But &#8212; and there&#8217;s always a but, isn&#8217;t there? &#8212; should anyone feel moved to make small donation, whether through the PayPal link or by using the Amazon banner on my site to go shopping, I certainly wouldn&#8217;t complain in the least.<\/p>\n<p>And I believe that brings us up to date. Once again, thanks to all of you for the kind words. Often, those are worth far more to me than anything else.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to all of you who&#8217;ve passed on words of encouragement. 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