My job hunt went from slowly progressing to glacially. Over the past week, I put in application at berkeley bowl, and followed up on it. Oh, and gave a copy of my resume to ben (of mountainview) to pass along to a guy who’s apparently looking for a large number of consultant type people. Thank you, Ben. =)
Anyone who is going to tell me I really ought to be getting my job hunt on can fuck off. I know that. Guilt has been tried, and totally fails to motivate me. Fear hasn’t been doing such a great job either. Definitely there, gnawing at my heels, but not getting me to move in a directed fashion.
I’m thinking of setting aside X time, on Y days to do the job hunt (say 11-6, m-f) and giving myself the rest of my time to put the job hunt back in the kennel, and work on the rest of my life.
I think it’s my tremendous sense of insecurity that’s driving my man hunt. Must channel towards finding work….
Blah.
I’m afraid that if I do find a job, it’ll be another doin-it-for-the-money deal. I’m not even really sure what I want to do (as opposed to what I’m willing to do)
Hey Steve
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fear is no motivator
imho, there’s one thing about having a job in your 20s that should be fairly clear – it is not the thing that you are going to do for the rest of your life.
jobs enable us to do other things in life that we want to do by providing us with purchasing power in exchange for time doing x pool of tasks. they are part of what defines us but they are not the sum of us.
if i washed linen all day for $13,000/year and that met my needs, i may be unhappy with my job because it was icky but i would be able to live/etc. methinks you can do much better than that given that you paid so much for that fancy east coast education. 😉
i make subsistence wage at earthlink and i choose to remain here because my needs are met. i’m applying minimal effort towards a better job search, mostly through the network of tricks and friends i’ve made over years of living in the bay area and being a visible geek and project manager.
that being said, probably the biggest factor in getting a job is knowing the right person to make you visible to the people making hiring decisions. you’re an alumni from a geek college. there’s brand value there. imho that’s all a degree is worth – brand association – until more about the person possessing it is known.
settling on a job in the short term in no way means that you are settling in your life for the long term or that you can’t continue to run a background ideal job search through friends and contacts.
there is no try. only do. 🙂