I’ve known for a while now that moving to Milwaukee was going to be a good idea, but I just found out how screwed I would have been had I decided to keep my job at CompUSA in Roseville, MN, and pursue an management career path. Before the press got wind of it, a friend and former coworker told me that everyone was losing their jobs because CompUSA is closing 120+ stores, including every store in Minnesota. I feel absolutely horrible for all of my former coworkers and friends, but holy crap am I dodged that bullet. Even if I had decided to keep a job with the company and transfer to the Brookfield store here in Wisconsin I’d still be screwed, because they’re closing that one too. It’s just a matter of time before the other half of the company gets “liquidated”. Sadly, another brick and mortar technology store circles the drain. Looks like I’ll be shopping for computer parts almost exclusively from Newegg now.