I was notified today that I’ll be laid off on March 2nd, 2007. After 7 years of working in the same job, that’s a little scary. I have severance, COBRA, can collect unemployment and all of that, so it could be much worse. But it still feels unlike any “end” I’ve ever experienced.

With school you have an expectation of it ending at a certain time. Even when Grandma died, I prepared myself for it. But with this, even though the job was always tenuous, it began to feel like I was on the battlefield and even though there were bullets flying everywhere, we wouldn’t get hit, we were safe. Well, we are not safe. But maybe that’s OK. I mean, that’s definitely not what I want on my tombstone…

Here Lies Ed Kraay
He went to school, then worked for Metro One, then he died.
He led a real safe life.

No gut’s no glory right? I definitely don’t want to end up like the guys in this cartoon:

With that in mind, maybe it is good I am forced out of the next, to do something else, something great. I could go back to school, start my own company, or even just get a job as a PM at a growing company. If nothing else, perhaps I’ll get a pay raise.

So, I’m cobbling together the first resume I’ve filled out in years, and trying to cram 7 years of job experience into one pithy page. If anyone knows of an opening for a program or project manager, let me know.