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I haven't been "in the street" since I was 15 years old..

Glenn, I hate to tell you this but you are living in a dream world if you think you are immune from this issue. The fact is most engineers that are currently unemployed and unable to find a job were just like you, busy working for the last 20 years of their lives. The fact is a lot of companies are either folding up or downsizing. If you are lucky enough to be in an industry that is not being affected than count your blessings and stop acting like you are better than everyone else.

Glenn, I hate to tell you this but you are living in a dream world if you think you are immune from this issue.According to your "real world", most fully qualified engineers in the USA are unemployed and on food stamps. Bunk. Garbage. Swill. Period.

good news today! My #1 client just gave me a new project. this is my first new project since 1999. Since 1999 the only work I've done is on finishing up and fixing work I got in 1999 and even that was just an extension of what we started in 1995. So, the client uses my software a lot that I started on in 1995, but I get zero calls on it because bugs are a thing of the past for that work. They typically only give me work in little bits and pieces, this could take 3 weeks, then there might be more after that. It's a new app with lots of potential.

Also 18 months ago they threw a project to another programmer and that project was right in my alley. This other programmer is a Microsoft MVP, very much top of the line and a much better programmer than me. But I'm more intimate with this client's needs. He did a great job, my client let me evaluate his work. But the other good news is they're talking about giving me responsibilities for that work the other guy did also at some time in the next few months. They tested to see if someone else might suit them better in other words and I may have survived that test. And on top of that the other programmer is my friend.

It has been divine intervention today that has been planned for a long time, thanks and praise go to god.

I'm also progressing on my side job which is to market software I made myself. Although I've made zero money on this side job, i have reason to believe divine providence is at play on this one as well.

Just wanted to share good news!!!