Unemployed.

I'm now an unemployed older gamer.  Wheee.  Not really.

I got scapegoated by a project manager who ran a $40m project into the ground.  The cost overruns and penalties are so high that the company will probably lose money on the job.  I'm just a drafter; I draw what I'm told.  5,000 feet of galvanized steel hand rail?  Sure.  I can draw that.  Oh, that's not what the client specified in the contract?  That's okay, the project manager approved the change - cost savings.  A few months later, trucks begin to arrive at the job site, delivering nearly a mile of hand rail.  The clients - being a team of smart people - immediately notice that it's not what they asked for.  Project manager tries to force it down their throats, loses, and we take a $250k hit to redo it properly.  Must be the fault of the drafter who drew it.  Must be.  And that's only one example.  I've got tons more.

But I had a great interview last week, got cashed out for unused vacation, and some severance pay.  Could be a lot worse.  Leaves me more time to game, as long as I get my 5 job applications in per week to keep my unemployment claim running. 

Now that doodi appears to be back on line, I'll resume trying to get the Low Rollers clan established.  Hell, I've got a lot more free time now.