This happened to me in college in the fall of 2008. I accepted a software development position with a local consulting firm and quit my on-campus job, only to f

This happened to me in college in the fall of 2008. I accepted a software development position with a local consulting firm and quit my on-campus job, only to find out that my new position no longer existed a few days later. I ended up finding another job with a competitor before my two weeks ran out, but it was a worrisome time. Later I reviewed a spec from a new customer's previous consulting firm, with whom they had just parted ways due to no progress on the application. That previous firm was the one that had hired-me-but-not-really. It was a brief moment of vindication.