An Article Written by Scott Whigham and Published on TechUrbia
Recently I sat down and reviewed my 2008 New Year's Resolutions and planned my 2009 New Year's Resolutions. I am a very goal-oriented person and I find that the New Year is a great time to plan for success. I firmly believe the adage, "He who fails to plan, plans to fail" and, although I don't see a New Year's Resolution as a plan, per se, it is an opportunity to keep myself on the right track both professionally and in my personal life.
As I began to think about what 2009 would bring, I could not ignore the worsening economic conditions and the all too often announcements of job cuts (keep track via TechCrunch's Layoff Tracker). I started thinking hard about how 2009 would be very different from 2007 and 2008 and I thought that an article about New Year's resolutions for displaced or potentially-displaced IT workers would be a help to anyone in the IT industry.

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