About

After working for the same Internet company for eight years, my boss called to say they had "reorganized" and my position was gone.

I'm now looking for a job for the first time since Y2K.

The CotR Glossary

• CotR: Child of the Recession
• Dread: The sinking realization that I don't have a job
• The Editor: My girlfriend
• Score (any reference to): An attempt at quantifying how successful I've been in dealing with the recession