Life Update, New Job

Three weeks ago I and Data­banq parted ways.

I don’t wish to say more other than to say it was not my decision.

I then set out on a two week period of qui­etly look­ing for a new job and really ques­tion­ing if I still wanted to do web development.

My per­sonal job cycle had been to alter­nate cod­ing jobs and social jobs (intern pro­gram­mer -> game store clerk -> intern pro­gram­mer -> SAK House Man­ager -> Web devel­oper) and so I had to decide. The truth is that I felt like I was still want­ing to do it.

After those two weeks it came to a head and I really turned up the search. I set out, I posted resumes, con­tacted com­pa­nies with job list­ings as well as ones I had con­tacts at and very quickly had three inter­views lined up and more if I wanted them. The first was with a com­pany here that runs two very suc­cess­ful niche job mar­ket sites. I met with them for nearly two hours, dis­cussed my skills, my ideas, and how I would fit into their busi­ness. It was a good meet­ing and I got a very pos­i­tive feel­ing as I left.

The sec­ond inter­view was with a com­pany I had met with before, but it ended up being more of a for­mal­ity. The mes­sage I got was “We want you, but we don’t have a spot for you.” I left the option open for pos­si­bly doing con­tract work in the future but I wasn’t expect­ing any­thing more. The truth is, that the com­pany hadn’t decided whether it needed a full time web devel­oper or not. I would have been split­ting my time between it and IT devel­op­ment / sup­port. Not ideal but it didn’t mate­ri­al­ize anyways.

Those two were both on Wednes­day, a day wrought with issues and fraz­zles. I was so dis­traught with my level of ditzi­ness that I actu­ally got drunk to try and relax.

The third job inter­view was for an inter­net mar­ket­ing com­pany based here in Orlando. That one was today, the other two had been on Wednes­day. I was excited about the pos­si­bil­ity from what I had gleened on the net about the com­pany. After an inter­view where they put me through my tech­no­log­i­cal paces I was given an offer for a posi­tion. It was as a “Senior Soft­ware Devel­oper” and is a major step up from the last job.

I accepted on the spot and will be fax­ing in my signed offer let­ter tomor­row morning.

The com­pany is Mind­Comet. They do inter­net mar­ket­ing for cor­po­ra­tions and clients look­ing to make a splash online. Com­pa­nies like Coca-Cola, SpeedTV, and numer­ous other ones.

I just couldn’t stop float­ing all damn day. I was so happy and excited about the new job. It’s some­thing I’m very excited about and the com­pany is a stan­dard geek mecca with all Macs in the office, free snacks, and a video game sta­tion in the break room.

The down­side is the com­mute is going to be pretty killer. I’ve been upping my pod­casts so I have stuff to lis­ten to.

I did receive an offer from the other com­pany I men­tioned, the first inter­view I had. They were extremely eager and inter­ested but they just couldn’t match Mind­Comet and I was very ami­ca­ble say­ing I wished them well and per­haps we would be able to work together in the future.

Both jobs had their pos­i­tives and neg­a­tives, but Mind­Comet just plain won out in the end.

So there you have it, I’ve been unem­ployed for three weeks. K and I dealt with some money crises but we’re both quite eager for me to start the new job. I’ll use Mon­day and Tues­day of next week to wrap up any loose ends and try to get as much done on my free­lance work as possible.

But Wednes­day is the big day.

The Mind­Comet logo. I think it’s called the Powerflux.