Free Agent

Tuesday was my last day at Planet Argon.

There just wasn’t enough work to warrant keeping me on the roster and they decided to lay me off. Planet Argon did what was necessary to cut costs in order to survive in this bad economy, and I don’t blame them for that. Saying that, we parted on good terms and I’ll still see most of them regularly outside the office. We may no longer be colleagues, but we are still friends.

What does this mean for me? It means that I have some extra time on my hands. I was somewhat prepared (admittedly, not completely prepared) for this to happen, and have been working on contingency plan in the background over the last few months to not leave myself in such a bad position in the case that I would end up jobless. The redesign of this blog and my business card site, chrisgriffin.me, were among the things on my list, although my work isn’t done.

I also had plans to get back into freelance work that I abandoned a couple years ago. While it isn’t as graceful as I planned it to be, my current situation brings these plans to the forefront. Now that I have all this time on my hands, I can take on freelance or contract work. Please feel free to check out my résumé and/or contact me, if you would like to talk more about your project.

I am nervous and happy about what the future will bring. I haven’t been unemployed since I started making a respectable income as a web professional, and once one starts making a respectable amount of money, they carry on new responsibilities financially, all of which carry a certain burden. In addition to these burdens, the crumbling economy just makes it that much harder to find work. Despite of all this, I am optimistic that I will come out of this just fine. I will keep you all posted on the outcome of this scenario.