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The first day of work is like the first day of school

By Matthew Rutledge on 01/07/2010

You’re nervous, you don’t know exactly where to go, you feel lost in the maze of cafet­eria queues, and you don’t actu­ally end up doing much work. And this first day was no excep­tion.
I ran into someone I’ve seen before (only on the inter­net of all things; I must have better visual memory than […]

Posted in Matters | Tagged AMD, Austin, employment, job, offices | 2 Responses

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It would be nice to have a job.

By Matthew Rutledge on 10/20/2009

Just because stores are still open­ing and just because cranes are still moving down­town doesn’t mean we’re not having a tough time. I am a qual­i­fied, compet­ent, smart person with 8 years of work exper­i­ence, and I can’t even get a single call back. In a city that’s supposed to be recession proof.

How I […]

Posted in Matters | Tagged depression, dissatisfaction, job, recession, unemployment | Leave a response

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You think this is easy realism?

By Matthew Rutledge on 08/13/2009

I’m home
lost my job
and am incurably ill

David Bowie — D.J.

Posted in Matters, Music | Tagged job, made redundant, unemployment, work | Leave a response

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