I had a thought today, a memory that I thought would be interesting… I worked for a startup for about 6 months in 2000/2001, called ePatterns, and on the last day of work (after we had been told about going under, etc….) we were sent emails that told us that all our electronic payments of our paychecks were going to bounce, so we’d likely see them go into our accounts, then get pulled back. They also told us that they’d be writing us live checks and we should come get them after lunch(This was on a friday.) That afternoon, we all went to get our checks and carpooled down to the issuing bank so we could all cash our last paycheck before they froze the assets. That’s one of my vivid memories of the bubble bursting. A quiet Palo Alto bank with 30 ePatterns employees all lined up to cash their paychecks.
I also remember being scared to walk out of there with that much cash.
Updates…
Lots has been happening, but very little blogworthy. I’ve been working a lot, trying to get some stuff delivered at work. Work here is quite different from other places where i’ve worked before. At previous places, I was usually among the smartest people there and didn’t really have to work hard all the time.. that gave me over to some bad habits which I’m trying very hard to break. Now I have to concentrate and work hard the majority of the time, and it’s a bit of a paradigm shift.
Also I’ve been really trying to play Kingdom Hearts to get it finished. I did finish it Wednesday night after playing for a little over a month (I started the week of thanksgiving or the week before, I don’t remember right now).
I also made a cool item for my Secret Santa. I’m looking forward to the time off too, we get all next week off.
CCCP
Compton Community College, Pasadena campus.
This is why I rock.
