Month: April 2014

  • You've got to be kidding me.

    It's not allergies. Cold #3 since starting at This new job. Three day Sore throat is gone. Now have congestion now.

    I'm in negotiations of the contract with the web development company (potential new job). I need some serious eye opening data. Maybe the fact that I've been sick three times in the last 4 months is proof? The time before that was feb 2013.

  • Thinking and walking

    I'm trying to convince myself to take ISPOT(software dev) job.

    Or to find right words to let them down (they are nice people/I know them well) and then somehow build myself up to accepting my choice (for now) to stay in a position I don't like. For example telling myself I will start looking for other jobs now. Ones that will pay well with benefits.

  • Do I take the opportunity?

    If I take it, this is what I give up:
    - $10k of sign on bonus
    - company paid cell phone ($114/month)
    - 2-3% company contribution to 401k
    - paid vacation and sick time
    - monthly work parties
    - company paid standing desk ($1k+)
    - Trainings
    - the chance to really get good at gmp (love/hate relationship)
    - excellent health benefits
    - $10k/year in salary
    - company travel reimbursement
    - yearly raise
    - yearly bonus ($9k+)
    - taxes being paid to irs on a regular basis (would have to pay 4x per year instead of once)

    If I take it this is what I gain:
    - Working with a smaller group of three guys I really like
    - Doing software development now instead of in sept-oct
    - short commute to work (wfh)
    - more flexible schedule
    - no more gmp
    - less health insurance hassle

  • How the world views me

    I was told that I exude calm demeanor in crunch situations (at work)

  • Moving Song of the Day

    If you get a chance, listen to Fast Car by Boyce Avenue and listen to the lyrics.

    www.youtube.com/embed/M4zCOHFrLVY

    I don't get that feeling right now. That I belong, that I could 'be someone' and that we are off on an adventure together.

    Here's another one. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBumgq5yVrA‎

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  • Sadness engulfs me

    This gloomy wet morning matches my face.

    Hope the sun comes out soon.

  • When do you inform current employer about new opportunities?

    You may have heard I'm not satisfied with being a project manager in this department at my current company. The project looks like it will last till sept. I'm being pursued by a company I've worked with previously and enjoyed working with those folks AND it's a programmer role. I'm open to considering an offer if they provide one. At what point do I tell my current employer I'm looking or being pursued?

    Previously it was after I had an offer in hand because before that nothing was solid/decided.

    I mentioned to my manager at the start and just recently that the reason he hired me was for a software developer and not a project manager. I also conveyed that PM is not the work I want to be doing.

    Thoughts?