I had just taken a consulting job and had been at the company for about 2 weeks when 9/11 happened. One week later we got laid off. Turns out I was lucky to get

I had just taken a consulting job and had been at the company for about 2 weeks when 9/11 happened. One week later we got laid off. Turns out I was lucky to get laid off early. Managed to get a job at a bank before the big consulting companies started their purges. Sat through the dotcom bust in a bank and then moved on in 2003 when times had improved again and there were more opportunities.