I was on vacation last week and was catching up on email last night when I came across an interesting article that is a great follow up to the WSJ article “Only the Employed Need Apply.” Paul Boutin in Wired writes, if you’ve been laid off in Silicon Valley, don’t fret – it just might be a good thing. “[T]o start the next wave of opportunities, we need to revive the kind of wanton cross-pollination that got us this far,” Boutin writes. “That’s why being pushed out the door could be just what you—and the Valley—need.” Boutin says he’s been fired five times since moving to Northern California in 1990 and has bounced back every time.

While being fired five times might be a bit hard to explain on the resume, it certainly proves that resiliency and hard work can get you employed! Here’s a link to the whole article.