Wow - nice place to be. Let's see. When I think about the ideal job, I think about how stable it's going to be (meaning - I'm not in a place right now to take a contract job). I think about the health insurance and retirement options. I think about the people I'll work with on a day to day basis. I think about whether or not I'll be challenged and allowed to grow (though I'm less concerned with actual upward mobility as in a new position).
I think where you're at in your life has a huge impact on what you look for in a job. You're still pretty young and mobile - I'd say go with what excites you most. When/if you end up with kids, you're going to care a lot more about stability and the boring stuff. On 10/27/05, Matthew Small <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hey guys, > > So I've got some dilemmas - some really good ones. > > > > I've been in my current position for the past 11 months. Things > have been ok, I've been a little bored, but one thing that was happening > often was my manager was making some very bad personal decisions that > affected my group. I got disgusted with the decisions and decided to look > for a new job. That was two weeks ago. The response to my resume has been > incredible - it might as well be 1999 for me (btw, you REALLY need to > learn > ..NET if you don't know it). > > So last week, said manager pushes me a little too far - I go > ballistic and report all of these decisions to another manager, end up in > the HR office, and yada yada yada the manager was fired on Monday. > > So now I'm in a position where the manager is gone, but I don't > think that the rest of my group has much respect for me doing so. Also, > I've got people DYING to have an interview with me. > > I got one offer, Wednesday, from a nice mid-sized company, 6mo > contract-to-perm, $45/hr. It increased to $50/hr today. They are doing > some really cool stuff with .NET, the team is really nice. It feels a lot > like being a Microsoft when I was there. > > I had an interview-dinner last night with a guy from Bosche. I > got a call today that I need to go to HR tomorrow at the local plant. The > offer is not officially extended, but it will be tomorrow. I think the pay > will be marginally more or the same as what I make now, but it feels like > I > would have a lot of upwards or sideways mobility, which is very important > to > me as I also have an MBA and would like to be more than a programmer in > the > future. > > I just got back from a place that wants to hire me in the worst > way but won't know what to offer me until Wednesday. > > Anyway, I'm overwhelmed with stuff on my plate. What do you > guys look for in a job? Long term goals? Short term money? Highly-advanced > technical stuff? > > Let me know. > > > > - Matt > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:178603 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
