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Sounds like someone has a case of the Mondays
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I'm hoping that working at blockbusters and having a degree will be enough to let me walk into a library job, because fuck working in a call center (seemingly the only other option in my city).
Maaan way to give me the responsible advice. Okay, I'm gonna do it, as long as when I wake up tomorrow I can breathe through my nose.
If there's still no breathing and a lot of tissue-shoving activity I can't make any promises.
"Sandra's favourite movie is escape from new York because she cries when magpie and brain die because they will never be together." HAIL SATAN
applied 2 places already, just super nervous about telling my dad who is in a super dire financial situation right now and needs all the money we can both make (extension taking months longer to complete than it was quoted)
my contract states its 3 months (i started november 26th) and i am required to be given 1 weeks notice if they wish to terminate employment
i was called up and asked to leave at midday today
went straight to sign on as unemployed, ugh ugh ugh
You should make a scene
How about a CSR for Orange?
Go for it.
on it like a fat kid on cake thanks joe!
My current job is 10 miles away over open back roads. Bethesda is 28 miles away via rt 66 to the beltway. So I'm going from about 20 minutes to probably more than an hour commute each way.
Secondly, where I'm at now is a known quantity. I like the people here, I have a lot of responsibility and am allowed to be somewhat autonomous. I've been put in charge of some projects recently.
Also, I'm paid well, and that's a consideration. I would need to at least make the same amount. Of course I realize that without going in, I won't find out how much I would be paid, but still.
I think the main thrust of the issue is that I am neck deep in a couple of essential projects here, and I'm the only person in the company who does certain things (benefits of a small business), so I have that security. I can't say what the environment would be like there. Could have a shitty boss or end up in a situation I'm not as happy with. And it's with the Zenimax corporate part of things, I wouldn't be working on game development or anything, just near it.
So my hesitation comes from not wanting to take on uncertainty and a much longer commute (giving me even less time at home to work on my own projects), just so I can work for a company that also makes games.
but also
morrowind, dude
I bet they have a copy of the elder scrolls just sitting around every office!
This is a solid bit o advice, and one that you had mentioned before, I appreciate it.
While I certainly am familiar with Websphere, I don't really have the hands-on with it to be comfortable applying for that particular one, Now the Enterprise Engineering Manager, I cold probably talk my way into. I'm short in a couple sections, mostly a year or two here and there.
I'll take a look this weekend when I'm throwing resumes at the wall to see what sticks, thanks dude.
Trunk Club
hmmm, i would say stay put as well. there's something to be said about stability.
not that i would know.
but most importantly, opportunities for growth need serious consideration. which offers the best avenue?
"Think of it as Evolution in Action"
get me on a space ship is this too much to ask?
This is what is causing the rift in my thinking in the first place.
Not only does my current job have a lot of opportunity for growth (even though it's a small business) but it already has rewarded me well for the work I've put in over the past couple of years. I've got a guy working for me and I'm running projects by myself and there's been nice increases in my pay two years in a row.
However, the question is - does this growth actually take me in the direction I want to go? In the longest term, I would stay here, eventually become a Director of Technical Services Management or something and be first in line to move into the VP slot if my boss ever leaves. Then I could be the Vice President of Government Contract BS and Writing Proposals All Night Long. There are great opportunities here, but nothing that gets me excited about them. Like I said, I love working here, and the fact that I'm always having to learn new things and expand my knowledge is great, but I don't envy my boss for what he does and I don't have aspirations on that sort of job. From the tech side, there's really not any other place to go. I'm pretty much the senior guy here in terms of IT.
So, does Zenimax offer anything better? I don't know. It could be that I could go there and be fated to develop SharePoint BDC apps for the rest of my life. But there is that whole foot in the door concept that everyone goes on about, and it's a company where any advancement forward would be in a field I care deeply about.
So that's why I keep banging my head on the wall about this. I do like the stability though. It's mostly when one of those work things comes up that sucks a bit, which everyone has from time to time, no matter how great the job, and I start thinking about the fact that the job posting is still up there.
i cannot parse this last sentence
at all
the eternal dilemma
but you should just apply to shit anyway, regardless of requirements, who knows
Do not wanna go to class. Argh.
e: builds character.
I'm hoping for a freak snow storm this evening so classes are canceled because I don't know how I'm going to make it today...
oh hey, glory goes up next month. i have .561m^3 of space i can squeeze you into next to the hydrazine tank. well, actually, around the tank.
bring a jacket.
"Think of it as Evolution in Action"
Well, our lease is up in September, and the plan was to look for a bigger place at that point so we could have room for NAS Jr. One of the other benefits of where we live now is that it is pretty close to both school and work for her. However, if we could land someplace that was in the middle, it could mitigate the commute issue.
I really have no clue about their benefits. I don't have anything to base any assumptions on, except that they are a big company.
Also, I didn't know this, but Jerry Bruckheimer, Leslie Moonves, Donald Trump's brother and Cal Ripken, Jr are on the Board of Directors for Zenimax.
One letter change:
Or: So it's good that the head guy has my resume, but nothing would come of it for a month or so, even if he likes it.
http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2011/01/10/video-behind-the-scenes-of-skyrim.aspx
EDIT: They literally have an old computer sitting around for people to play Arena on.
You have the capability of doing what the job description is looking for, and I can tell you from personal experience, once you start meeting your coworkers and describing your talents and interests you may end up doing what you want rather than what you're hired for (see: how I went from analyzing weight reports to doing functional design for subs)
Also, identify what your ultimate goal is: if you don't want to be Sr VP of Staying Late and Writing Proposals for Gvt BS and that's where your current path is taking you, it's time for a new path
I feel like I have a responsibility to finish this before I consider leaving.