{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Rainbow Dash Network","provider_url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/","type":"link","title":"Cerulean Lulamoon-Spark (ceruleansparkold)'s status on Friday, 20-Apr-12 14:34:29 UTC","author_name":"Cerulean Lulamoon-Spark (ceruleansparkold)","author_url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/ceruleansparkold","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/1247089","html":"@<span class=\"vcard\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/4200\" class=\"url\" title=\"Joe\"><span class=\"fn nickname\">purplephish20<\/span><\/a><\/span> I dropped out after AS, then spent 8 months unemployed, I took some cheap courses through the jobcenter, then applied for entry level jobs that I qualified for with the AS levels I \/did\/ have. I managed to get a job with a fairly nice company, who paid for me to take a HNC course in IT. Then my boss kind of flipped the hell out and took to workplace harrassment, so I applied for my current job on the strength of the experience I had and the qualification they paid for. I got it and now I'm here. From drop out to manager in two jobs."}