Hi everyone. I haven't been around here much (at all) lately.
Anyway, here's a little story that I felt like sharing, since I'm kind of excited about the whole thing. I'll try to keep it short 🙂
So, background: I graduated high school in 1999. I've been going to college mostly constantly since then, but not taking too many units at once as I've also been working to support myself, and there are only so many hours in the day.
Anyway, my job that I've had for the last 4 years was a "student position", meaning they got away with paying me $37k/year. Well, now I'm 25 and I'm *finally* graduating next month. My employer has the option of converting me to a "full-time" (that means that I get regular instead of student pay, as I already worked 40 hours a week) employee when I graduate (I would make about $55k/year).
Well, a couple weeks ago, I got this whole "we're not sure if we can convert you when you graduate, we don't know if we have the funding and.." politics/bs/general crap that basically said "Yeah, maybe you'll get the $55k job, or maybe you won't have a job at all".
Being that I was generally bored with my current job anyway, and the "we cant even tell you if you have job at the end of the year" thing was total crap, I started sending out resumes to jobs listed on craigslist.
Anyway, it's been maybe three weeks since I started a hunt for a new job. I agreed to take a job for $68k earlier today. I'm moving to San Francisco (which is a city I love, I specifically looked for a job there) in January, and making a ton more money than I make right now 🙂
Sweet! 🙂
Anyway, here's a little story that I felt like sharing, since I'm kind of excited about the whole thing. I'll try to keep it short 🙂
So, background: I graduated high school in 1999. I've been going to college mostly constantly since then, but not taking too many units at once as I've also been working to support myself, and there are only so many hours in the day.
Anyway, my job that I've had for the last 4 years was a "student position", meaning they got away with paying me $37k/year. Well, now I'm 25 and I'm *finally* graduating next month. My employer has the option of converting me to a "full-time" (that means that I get regular instead of student pay, as I already worked 40 hours a week) employee when I graduate (I would make about $55k/year).
Well, a couple weeks ago, I got this whole "we're not sure if we can convert you when you graduate, we don't know if we have the funding and.." politics/bs/general crap that basically said "Yeah, maybe you'll get the $55k job, or maybe you won't have a job at all".
Being that I was generally bored with my current job anyway, and the "we cant even tell you if you have job at the end of the year" thing was total crap, I started sending out resumes to jobs listed on craigslist.
Anyway, it's been maybe three weeks since I started a hunt for a new job. I agreed to take a job for $68k earlier today. I'm moving to San Francisco (which is a city I love, I specifically looked for a job there) in January, and making a ton more money than I make right now 🙂
Sweet! 🙂
