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Ling's mistake - taking the option to "quit" and save face rather than be "fired". Getting fired you have the option to sue the company for wrongful termination and seek damages. If you quit - it's all over. Given the short duration before a major stock award that was due him, it seems to me he would have a case that Facebook a) had no compelling reason to fire him and b) was acting in bad faith with respect to his original employment offer.

Quoted: Ling got a new job at YouTube and a fat signing bonus, but no Facebook shares, some of which he probably deserved for his work on the platform.

I always thought the secret was to have very low standards and then you'll ALWAYS be employed (at something).

Quoted: Welcome to hiring Darwinism.

There is nothing like the fear of success. So how do you avoid sabotaging your career? There are a lot of ways to sabotage a career. Don’t think that just because you have the job that’s it. You still have to keep the job, work with others and survive the politics. Being able to do the job, and doing it well is not enough.

Interesting stat about Boeing. The rest of the article is about China's need for commercial airplanes.

Quoted: Seattle economist Dick Conway says one Boeing job supports about two others in the region. Those include positions in retail trade, banking, mortgage and local ...

Quoted: Excellent analysis comparing your job profile to the salary and compensation packages of people whose skills and experiences match yours.

The Conference Board is reporting today that Seattle-Tacoma is among the metropolitan areas the the largest number of job ads per 100 people in the labor force. The group, which tracks online job postings nationwide, found that there were 3.66 job ads for