[Rick Lee]

I have to say I got even luckier with my current job. I had left it in mid-2006 to go work for my buddy in subprime mortgages. I had just gotten my first good commission check around Xmas time when the industry started catching the flu. During that time my previous employer had been bought out by our biggest competitor and they my made my former boss a big boss. As soon as I started thinking I'd be laid off, I dropped my old boss an email and said we should grab lunch. He told me he needed to fill another slot like the one I left and I could have it for the asking, have all my old accounts back, a higher base salary, blah, blah. After lunch, we walked to his office, he printed out an offer letter and said to start the next week. I was wearing jeans and a fleece, never printed a resume and really landed on my feet with that one. And here I am, still working for him, working from home in gorgeous AZ.