Laid-Off Wall Streeters Bartending, Baking Cupcakes

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Good creativity, no humiliation

In a matter of creativity the end is the only measurement of performance, You deserve this new and well paying job for your creativity and courage

Good luck in your new challenge, Joshua from

Arthur Mboue

Arthur Mboue of FL 5:49PM December 11, 2008

You can follow Joshua Persky's story on his blog: www.oracleofny.com

Joshua Persky of NY 7:01PM August 23, 2008

those people deserve about as much sympathy as the dotcommers who went back to mama's basement, which is to say, none.

they were even worse for the US economy, since a great many of them were dreaming up or participating in the hare-brained schemes in which the banks swindled themselves out of existence.

tork makeski of ID 11:44AM August 21, 2008

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