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Everything about how I got the job at Liferay was unorthodox. And that strangeness continued into the first day on the job. Day 1 Saechang and I agreed to arrive at early to the job at 8am. We were told that the start time would be at 9am. We talked nervously about what we were doing and about our beat up cars that were falling apart. Mike's trusty Scion xA with 300,000+ miles and my beat up Toyota Tercel. We waited. We prayed. 9am rolled around and we waited for someone to open the gate to t

At age 22, I was a college drop out working as a flower delivery guy. In school, I studied history, biblical studies, and had seriously considered becoming a philosophy major. I was moderately happy with the job I had at the time. The flower shop owners attended my church, were effectively secondary parents to me, my coworkers were kind, and the driving afforded me lots of time to think and listen to podcasts. I did, however, have a growing anxiety about what the future held for me -- I had no m

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the median number of years that people stay in a particular job is 4.3 years. I recently commemorated my 15th year of working at Liferay. It's very...difficult for me to fathom that I've been at it for so long -- and I don't really mean that as a positive or negative commentary on the time! It's just...a long time. 22-year-old me would never have dreamt, that on almost every conceivable level, I am where I am today. Truthfully, my feelings on getting