Spring Break

I haven't had to drive from Lewisville to SMU and back this week. What a relief. Instead, I've been in Vista/Eclipse/Maven/JBoss/Spring/Hibernate hell. Vista changes files to read only. Move a file in Eclipse and suddenly errors that aren't errors but won't go away appear. Maven wipes out the file structure of WTP until I figured out which .settings files to edit. JBoss has conflicting xerces and jsf jars. Spring has sprung. It's too much. Something has to give. Hibernate is gone. Too little value added for the pain.

Yesterday I saw a message from a person on LinkedIn who was shocked he was laid off. After all, he was a CCIE. Calm down, dude. Broadcasting panic to the universe is a natural first reaction, but it needs to be squelched. People are hiring but are being inundated with applications. You may have to take less money than you're used to.

Businesses that pay as they go instead of borrowing to operate will come out of this. Check on your customers and see what they need. Ask them if they know anybody who needs it, too. People are still spending money for necessities. Make sure they consider you to be necessary.