The article that I mentioned in my last post has been published in the Fall 2009 issue of ACM Crossroads:
http://mags.acm.org/crossroads/2009fall
You can jump to it by clicking on the “Career Advice: …” link on the front cover. Unfortunately, I no longer have a print subscription to Crossroads, so I won’t get to see my work on paper. But I know it’s out there 
Now to start working on the next one…