04-11-2005, 01:38 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Posts: 3,060
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Wow. What A Ride!
Anybody who visits this site with any regularity gets to know quite a bit about the folks who run it. But one thing you might not know is what a great bunch of friends Jason, Ed, Marlof, Janak, Jonathon, Pat, Darius, Andy, Fabrizio, Doug, Steven, Kati, Ashley, Jeff and the others are!
A some of you may know, I lost my job in mid-January. Anybody who has gone through such a situation knows how incrediby awful that can make you feel. But, within minutes of sending my "this e-mail address will no longer be valid" e-mail blast to my friends and coworkers, My PocketPC friends were calling me and sending me e-mails, all to help me make it through my ordeal. They were a tremendous source of help and faith!
Well, now that I've got a great new job (at a 77% pay increase!) I think I'll be able to get back into the swing of things. But rest assured, every time I post to this site, I'll be thinking the whole time about my PocketPC friends.
Thanks, everyone!
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04-11-2005, 01:45 AM
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Contributing Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 8,228
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That is awesome Brad. I have been praying about your situation though, so the 77% pay increase didn't surprise me too much. :wink:
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04-11-2005, 01:46 AM
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Pupil
Join Date: Jan 2003
Posts: 43
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Great to hear. Did you get your new job because of a fellow Thoughts reader? That would be great if you did....
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04-11-2005, 02:23 AM
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Sage
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 792
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Congrats Brad!
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04-11-2005, 02:40 AM
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Executive Editor
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 29,160
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77% pay increase? Wow, I should CHARGE you to post here. Hahaha... :lol: Just kidding, congrats on the new job!
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04-11-2005, 03:01 AM
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Pontificator
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 1,041
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Congratulations on everything! I had no idea or got any word, but it's great to hear when good things like this happen.
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04-11-2005, 03:13 AM
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Thinker
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 426
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Congrats. :multi:
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04-11-2005, 03:23 AM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Apr 2004
Posts: 94
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Congratulations!
Did you end up at some nice high-tech place that the rest of us would be envious of?
- Tim
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04-11-2005, 03:35 AM
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Pupil
Join Date: May 2003
Posts: 24
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Hi Brad.
I haven't posted much in a long time but when I saw this, I just wanted to say congratulations! To get a 77% increase is fantastic. :-) I know how it is to lose your job. I've been out of a job a bit longer than you as I was laid off last November just before Thanksgiving. I took a month off right through Christmas and New Year's before I began looking for another job.
Believe it or not, the type of job I'm looking into (I will have a 2nd interview in a couple of days with this organization) will reduce my salary more than 50%. So in some ways I'm going on a different direction. I don't mind it though. I'm leaving the IT field and from a banking institution (where the salaries tend to be on the high side). It took me a long time to contemplate this and with much much much prayer. I do feel that the Lord is leading me to this calling and I do have the trust that everything will work out even though I won't be making as much money as I used to. Sometimes you get a calling that is so strong you cannot just ignore it.
Manuel
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04-11-2005, 03:57 AM
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Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 10,981
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Congrats on the new job (and pay raise) Brad! 
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