Dot.com Daze: End of daze
Posted on Tuesday, February 20th, 2001Today will probably be my last day going into my job. So ends my Cymerc daze…
Dot.com Daze: Liquidity event
Posted on Monday, February 19th, 2001I got my expense check today! Deposited it immediately, of course. Now I just have to wait and see if it clears…
Dot.com Daze: Accounting knows more than you think
Posted on Monday, February 19th, 2001I heard today that our controller, who had known that our demise was immanent, was completely drunk at the all-hands meeting where our CEO announced that we were dead.
Dot.com Daze: Spoils of war
Posted on Monday, February 19th, 2001My Aeron chair, should I choose to purchase it at the “fair market value,” is going to be around $500. It’s one of those badges of honor, or something, from the dot.commer experience. I think, even though I’m currently unemployed, that I’m going to buy it.
Dot.com Daze: Cymerc is dead
Posted on Tuesday, February 13th, 2001Today the CEO of my company called an all-hands meeting, to announce that he was 99.99% sure we were not going to be funded, and that we were closing down the business, effective today.
