Archive for June, 2008

Am I Fired?

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 Hand shake

(Picture is from stock.xchng.)

It’s no secret any more that after quitting Nokia, I work for Symbian as subcontractor (external employee). Yesterday, Nokia announced that they acquire Symbian. The press release indicates that most Symbian’s internal employees will become Nokia’s employees. A few of them will be transferred to a new foundation that was also announced yesterday, Symbian Foundation.

What is going to happen to me then? Will I lose my job? Will I work as subcontractor for Nokia? I don’t know. I am still digesting the announcement until today. Worse, it seems most people have no idea what’s going to happen.

My Yahoo! Resignation Letter

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With the recent mass exodus from Yahoo! (TechCrunch mentioned 114 executives so far), someone has created a template for Yahoo! resignation letter. I am not working for Yahoo!, but it is quite fun to play with the template. You have check boxes where you can select the words for your resignation letter.

PS: I am actually quite sad to see the end of Yahoo! has to be like this. They used to be a very good company. They started one of the first search engines in the world. They were one of the most successful IPO companies in the dot-com era. They have made thousands of people become so rich. To be honest, I used to be a fan of Jerry Yang.

Well good luck for Jerry Yang and co.

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Usually 350-001 and 70-290 professionals are not concerned with chat rooms. They seek careers in yahoo and google. The ones more likely to land jobs there are 70-649 and 70-270. The 646-204 candidates have bright chances too.

Consuming Tylenol

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Tylenol

(Picture is from Wikipedia.)

I am not sure what is happening to me. I am consuming tylenol almost every day now. For those who don’t know, tylenol is a well-known North American brand for pain-reliever drug.

Every morning (or afternoon), I have very bad headache. I have to take tylenol; otherwise I won’t be able to do anything. That’s why, I bring tylenol to the office every day.

Why am I getting this problem? No idea… It’s just started recently. At the beginning, it happened once every a couple of days. Now, it happens almost every day.

Is it because of stress? Is it because of the stock market? I wish I knew the answer.