Thanks for the shoulders. You never think it will happen to you until something like this happens.
Fortunately, I was there for 7 1/2 years and got a little severance. Balance of unused vacation and salary until March. Not much, but more than some. I know it's three months, but I'm sure that will go very quickly, so I have already started talking to people I know and putting some feelers out there. I'm going to polish up my resume this week.
I am trying to look at this as an opportunity to improve my life. I have not been very happy at work for the past couple of years, mainly due to increased supply and demand. No matter how much I supplied, they demanded more
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I was an Applications Engineer for a company that sold, installed and serviced large scale fire alarm, intrusion detection, CCTV, access control, CATV, and sound systems. I designed and laid out systems using AutoCad. My specialty is audio/video systems, so I would like to find a position in a company that does more of that than fire alarm and security. In a previous life, I did the same thing for large scale homes. It was fun, but not as stable as commercial work.