Lessons Learned

Some random things I've learned during my unemployment:

Networking works.  And I guess you really have no idea what person you meet will point you in the direction of the job you eventually get.

NPR has some interesting things on during the day.  I learned that I like the debates that they sometimes play at noon.

Some of my friends are way way too good at Bejeweled Blitz, like always scoring 300k+.

Sometimes, it's good that my computer is kind of crappy because I'll be playing Bejeweled Blitz to beat the aforementioned friends and then my computer crashes.  It probably stops me from playing longer.

Some companies just like interviewing  people not necessarily because they have an opening, but just in case they do in the future.

I apparently have a headshot good enough to get me in a local commercial.  That'll be little regret of mine that I wasn't able to make it to the casino commercial.  And this last lottery commercial audition that I did.  If they want me and they shoot during the week (likely), I won't be able to go because of the new job.

I don't think I'd make a good retiree.  Boredom sets in very quickly for me.

It's possible to have a catalog of companies as big as any recruiter's. 

Recruiters are generally useless.  But they're fun to blog about.