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[TechRepublic] Lessons in unemployment from the dot com bust

March 23, 2009

Lessons in unemployment from the dot com bust

Tech Sanity CheckCrossloop co-founder Mrinal Desai shares his colorful story of a long stint he spent being unemployed after the dot com bust earlier this decade, in hopes that it might help a few of the many high-quality technology professionals searching for work right now.

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