4 months, 7 days.

[x88x]

That's how long I've been unemployed. Longest time I've ever been unemployed since graduating high school in 05....and it f***ing SUCKS! Just barely scraping by with my meager savings and *ugh* unemployment benefits...not a fun time, let me tell you.


But that's about to change. I finally got a job!

Service Desk Administrator for the North American branch of a company that provides broadband service on public transportation (trains, etc). Pretty neat tech, actually; here's a good article about their stuff.
http://www.dailywireless.org/2011/02...ak-nationwide/

Not exactly the most exciting job, but the company sounds interesting and the people I've met so far have been pretty cool. Plus, I got all three things I was originally looking for:
1) Get out of the defense sector. (F*** YEAH! Really excited about that one!)
2) Make at least what I was making before I got laid off. (Offer was for ~7% more.)
3) Not terribly far away. (~30 minute drive in good traffic.)

Plus, as it happens, it's literally just 1/2 mile down the road from the local branch of Pheonix University, where I'm going to be finishing my Bachelor's degree once I have a little in savings again.

Ok, that's all for now. I just wanted to celebrate for a while. Back to painting now..

[Diamon]

Congratulations!
From what I've seen of your contributions to this forum I'm surprised companies fire you at all though

Anyway, good luck with the work and studies.

[x88x]

Congratulations!
From what I've seen of your contributions to this forum I'm surprised companies fire you at all though

Anyway, good luck with the work and studies.

Thanks! Actually, I wasn't fired, I was laid off when the funding for the contract I was working on ran out.
http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/f...ad.php?t=26123

[Luke122]

Congrats on the new job! Always exciting to start some new work!

[Airbozo]

Nice!

I will tip a glass of cider to your new job!

[OvRiDe]

Congrats! That's fantastic news!

[TheMainMan]

Having spent the summer trying to find a job, I know a bit what this feels like. I started mine this week and was so excited I could barely sleep the night before! Hope this works out for you! Congrats!

[altec]

Glad you found something! I guess that one you mentioned last we talked didn't pan out?

[x88x]

If it was the one I'm thinking about, no, it didn't. I actually applied for this one back in early June, but didn't hear anything from them until last week...then interview on Friday and offer today. ..thinking back over that conversation though, I do get the feeling that he expected me to counter the offer with a higher salary...damn...I'm really bad at that part...also, tbh, if he had offered me half what he did I would have taken it at this point..

[mDust]

Congrats on the new job! Sounds like a good one.