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bluegargantuaUgh,
So a few months ago we hired this new guy as a developer. This was great because aside from me, there was only one other developer and he was a part-time contractor who was working on a special project leaving bulk of the development to me.
The contractor's contract will end this month and then I will be responsible for regular development and work on this special project. So having the new guy around was really useful for getting work done. And he was a nice guy.
So it was quite a shock when he got called in for a meeting this morning and walked out without a job. I had a few hours of gut-churning tension where I was terrified that the company was running out of money and letting people go.
Then *I* get called in to see the boss...
...who tells me that the new guy was skipping work to go out on interviews and that the boss didn't want new guy to take on all this work and then give notice. The new guy confessed that he had, indeed, been taking interviews and had some hot prospects lined up and that he didn't really like working here. My boss offered him a week's pay to just up and quit now and the new guy took it.
So...in less than a month, I will be the only developer they have here. The on-coming workload is going to be heavy no matter how they dole it out. I'm glad I'm not being fired and that the company isn't suddenly imploding, but still.
It's a very unsettling day.
I'm also worried about staying at this job. On the one hand, it's absolutely fabulous. They pay me a good salary, but I'm not a slave to the job. Everyone is pretty flexible and the guy who runs the company seems to have an endless well of money (or perhaps he's just running it for the tax write-offs). The problem is that we're not a cutting edge shop. I've learned a lot of new things while I've been here, but I'm afraid they won't be sufficient to help me land a job somewhere else.
Of course, this may be a moot point since I don't really want to live in this area for too much longer. I'm thinking about moving to Western MA, and I know from the hard experience of other people that computer jobs for me will be almost non-existent. So perhaps it doesn't matter so much because I'm going to have to do something else anyway.
In a sea of change, I just really need to figure out how I'm going to build my next lifeboat.
grm
Tom
So a few months ago we hired this new guy as a developer. This was great because aside from me, there was only one other developer and he was a part-time contractor who was working on a special project leaving bulk of the development to me.
The contractor's contract will end this month and then I will be responsible for regular development and work on this special project. So having the new guy around was really useful for getting work done. And he was a nice guy.
So it was quite a shock when he got called in for a meeting this morning and walked out without a job. I had a few hours of gut-churning tension where I was terrified that the company was running out of money and letting people go.
Then *I* get called in to see the boss...
...who tells me that the new guy was skipping work to go out on interviews and that the boss didn't want new guy to take on all this work and then give notice. The new guy confessed that he had, indeed, been taking interviews and had some hot prospects lined up and that he didn't really like working here. My boss offered him a week's pay to just up and quit now and the new guy took it.
So...in less than a month, I will be the only developer they have here. The on-coming workload is going to be heavy no matter how they dole it out. I'm glad I'm not being fired and that the company isn't suddenly imploding, but still.
It's a very unsettling day.
I'm also worried about staying at this job. On the one hand, it's absolutely fabulous. They pay me a good salary, but I'm not a slave to the job. Everyone is pretty flexible and the guy who runs the company seems to have an endless well of money (or perhaps he's just running it for the tax write-offs). The problem is that we're not a cutting edge shop. I've learned a lot of new things while I've been here, but I'm afraid they won't be sufficient to help me land a job somewhere else.
Of course, this may be a moot point since I don't really want to live in this area for too much longer. I'm thinking about moving to Western MA, and I know from the hard experience of other people that computer jobs for me will be almost non-existent. So perhaps it doesn't matter so much because I'm going to have to do something else anyway.
In a sea of change, I just really need to figure out how I'm going to build my next lifeboat.
grm
Tom
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Date: 2006-04-04 06:47 pm (UTC)That said, if you want to figure out how to spin what you're doing now so that it sounds great on a resume, I can probably help. Play up the sole responsibility and multiple projects and downplay the specific non-cutting-edge stuff.
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Date: 2006-04-04 06:47 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-04-04 06:57 pm (UTC)No, Drak, we discussed this. I won't work for the Russian Mafia.
:)
Tom
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Date: 2006-04-04 06:51 pm (UTC)Best of luck with your work woes.
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Date: 2006-04-04 10:31 pm (UTC)Seriously tho, don't let your resume wane too much. Figure out something that will help you along your path then go learn it. Figure out a way to exercise that skill and put it on the rezzy.
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Date: 2006-04-05 12:53 am (UTC)Anytime you want to brainstorm or just talk, I'm around. :)
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Date: 2006-04-05 01:43 am (UTC)