The job search continues. Starting to get interviews. One internal at LN, and a couple of other companies in the Dayton area. So that is a positive. Some of the guys haven't gotten any interviews yet, so it makes me feel good that I am getting noticed. I think that being aggressive and learning new stuff has helped to make me more marketable. Some of the others got into a comfortable niche and just didn't progress technically. Hopefully something will break soon.
Also on the positive side, it is nice to see how folks help out when the chips are down. Many folks have stopped by my office to tell me that they can't believe that LN terminated me. And several have followed up with job leads and recommendations. It is great to have friends and business associates that are willing to help out and give support. I still talk to the engineers that were on my team. I told them that later on this fall we should have a little reunion and see how everyone is doing. Maybe make it an annual thing.
We all feel like 5th wheels. Still getting work done, but with little enthusiasm. I am still answering questions and giving technical guidance to the offshore teams, but they are also being phased out as the new work goes to Infosys. So week by week less questions are being asked. I am taking advantage of some online training courses here at LN while I can to fill in any slack time in the afternoons. java, sql, and perl seem to be the hot skilsets locally. So I am filling in gaps of what I know and refreshing my knowledge of some of the packages that I haven't used for awhile.
