I lost my job today…sort of

December 14, 2007

I’m sitting on a conference call with our client (I’m working from home today) and just found out that our contract is ending as of today. They ran out of money. Guess I need to go into the office today to get my stuff.

I’m sure I’ll be fine as my employer loves me and has other contracts to move me to, but I’ve put alot of sweat, a few tears and a little blood into this contract for the last almost 18 months. We were sooo close to implementing something and it just sucks that we came this close without implementing.

I’ll have a followup post when I find out more.

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Mike founded CleverDude.com in June 2006 while working as a technical analyst in the Washington, D.C. area. A Penn State graduate, he built the site as a side project alongside a white-collar career that included earning a master’s degree and multiple promotions.

In five years he wrote nearly 1,300 articles on personal finance and life lessons drawn from his own experience. The blog grew from a hobby into a recognized early voice in the personal-finance community and generated meaningful revenue. He sold the site in 2010, continued as a guest contributor through 2015, and returned in 2023 after further career advances, paying off his home, and extensive travel.

Comments

Eden says

December 14, 2007 at 9:50 am

Dude, that sounds awful. Best of luck with things.

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Mrs. Micah says

December 14, 2007 at 12:31 pm

Much suckage…good luck with getting a new contract.

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Simon Maders says

December 14, 2007 at 4:40 pm

I know how you feel, I was told last week that my 13 year old job would be ending soon. We’d recently been bought out by another ruthless company and my skills were too luxurious to be needed, although they did say they would call me in for the odd job as a consultant.

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paidtwice says

December 14, 2007 at 10:08 pm

Dude, that sucks. But I just read the next post and playing Super Mario sounds fun. Get some destressing done!

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