Employed

[mmcirvin]

Well, I got a job! I start Monday and I feel extremely lucky. I was prepared to be unemployed for a good long time.

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[schwa242.livejournal.com]

Congrats!

[jwgh]

Congratulations!

[robertprior.livejournal.com]

Great news!

[mmcirvin.livejournal.com]

More precisely, I turned out to have a far more extensive and useful professional network than I had realized. Almost every lead of significance was through there. I'd worried that most of my contacts were stale, but it turns out that is what LinkedIn is for.

[kalibex.livejournal.com]

[kate_nepveu]

Woo!

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

Superb!

[dsgood.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!

[sunburn.livejournal.com]

Congrats, Matt!

I just started working (>4 wks) after an extended period of unemployment, myself, so I've just been through the anxiety of deciding whether I'm up to the challenge of the new job and such, not to mention the minor torment of going back to work after the happy-go-lucky schedule of unemployment. Of course, you have your family's schedule, so you probably didn't make it to the 2AM to 1PM sleeping schedule that I did. But good luck in the new job! I hope it works out and it's something you can love doing, perhaps with people you love to work with.

[mmcirvin.livejournal.com]

Jorie's needs are a major determinant of our daily schedule. When I was working, I'd been doing as much of the child care as I could so that Sam could finish her classes (she was taking one last semester that probably demanded more work than many full-time jobs). Once that was over, there was less pressure on her, but suddenly I had a lot of free time, so I've been trying to keep doing my bit. The new job has a relatively long commute (which I might try doing by public transit at least some of the time), so that's going to be a significant adjustment; depending on how it works out we may have to rearrange how we handle things in the morning.

At some point, Sam's going to get a job. We already have Jorie in preschool/day care for much of the day three days a week, and going to a five-day schedule when that becomes necessary should be a relatively gentle adjustment. But there's always the logistics of drop-off/pick-up to worry about, especially if Sam ends up with a long commute too.

Fortunately in my industry hours tend to be pretty flexible, so we can stagger them in various ways, working from home once or twice a week is not unheard of, etc.

[2wanda.livejournal.com]

Woot!

[partiallyclips.livejournal.com]

Awesome, congratulations Matt.

[bram.livejournal.com]

Congrats!