Today you're calculating how much you can collect from unemployment. The dark cloud of impending dot-com doom is spreading throughout the tech industry. About 200 people now attend the monthly mixers, compared to 30 for the first pink-slip party held in July, said Hired Guns President Allison Hemming.
Attendance is completely dependent on who had a downsize that month.
Economist Kovacs Janos agrees, adding it's likely that dot-com firings will increase before the industry stabilizes in a year or so. But first there will be more cutbacks. This downward cycle hasn't bottomed out yet. I was planning to retire when I was 30. But I suspect it's damn hard to retire when you're unemployed.