For the last 18 months-22 months or so, I have been taking contract jobs. I left my past permanent job because it was with a non-profit organization, and the Program Director quit, and so the Board of Directors was running the program, and they didn’t write the necessary grant (and get it approved) to support [...]
Archive for August, 2008
Recruiters and contract jobs
Posted in Uncategorized on August 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Music and mood
Posted in Day by day, Personal on August 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Those of you who know me, know that you can tell my mood by the music that I am listening to. I usually leave MSN Live Messenger and other IM clients running in the background so that friends can contact me while I do what I do. Most of these clients will automatically [...]
Blind Recruiting
Posted in Work on August 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Is that a real term? I don’t know, but here is how I define it, and you can decide for yourself. I had a lady contact me last night, late. She has an “end client” who is looking for a web developer. She described the job, and it sounds like a [...]
Contracting
Posted in Work on August 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I took a contracting job starting June 8. Tier 2 Tech Support for a fairly large national company based here locally. A lot of their software is third party proprietary. The documentation is poor to none. The other employees, while some of them are helpful, others tend to spend most of [...]
Too long
Posted in Personal, Work on August 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I have waited too long, I suppose. Waited too long in many areas of my life. I waited too long to divorce my first husband. I waited until he had shredded every last bit of dignity and self-respect I had. I waited too long to get my Bachelor’s degree. I [...]
