Woo Hoo!!
I got the job, I got the job, I GOT THE JOB!!! WOO HOO!!! It only took me a year and two months, but I finally have a full time job. Hey, the job market sucked ass, and I honestly picked the wrong time to move to NY and look for a job in the NYC and Long Island area in the IT field, let alone any field. But, its all good now, because I GOT THE JOB! Here's the rundown.
Got there at like 9:45 for my 10:00 AM interview. Went down to the conference room for my interview. The receptionist said I was meeting with someone else first, someone else from the IT department, a woman that I worked with when I did consulting there years ago. She remembered me and when she saw my resume told my soon to be new boss that he should definitely hire me. It was a short little interview, but it went well.
Then I met with the main guy, Stan. I heard from my old supervisor Thomas that the guy hated consultant, and thats what my current job title was on my resume, but he seemed cool with it. The interview went well and after it was pretty much over he asked me what I was looking for pay wise and I told him and he said the only formality was to check my references, which he was sure would be just fine.
Then I met with the Director of HR, another person who remembered me from my time there oh so many years ago, and she ran down the basics of the benefits, like vacation time (have to wait until January to get any, so I have to wait until January to visit Elena), health insurance, 401K, personal day, sick days and all that stuff. And then I went home.
But I didn't go directly home. I stopped off at Elena's restaurant to tell her the good news. The lunch shift was just starting, so I sat down and had some lunch and talked to her for awhile. I could tell she was proud of me, and I was proud of myself. I'm just so amazed that everything has fallen into place in my life recently.
Ever since that bitch of an ex-girlfriend left me, everything has been great. I got a part time job that enabled me to make some money and study for Microsoft stuff at the same time. I met and fell in love with an amazing girl, and even though she's moving to London in two weeks, I think we'll make it and be stronger for it. And now, I just landed a good job with a great company. Life is very very good at the moment!
Anyway, so I went home and called my parents in Hawaii to tell them the good news. I called at like 1 PM our time, which was 7 AM Hawaii time, but my mom was up and my dad was downstairs. She was excited for me and then my dad called, but I was in the bathroom, so I called him on his cell phone and he was proud of me too. He said it took me long enough, but what are you going to do?
Then, around 3:00 PM I got a message on my machine from Stan, my new boss. I called him back and he said its all good, they're going to pay me what I'm looking for and that they just need to know when I can start. So I'm going to see my current boss tomorrow, so I guess I can tell him then. I hate to leave a job, but it was part time all the time, and I honestly haven't worked much since the start of the summer, since about July, so what can I do? I gotta eat too, you know? I'm sure he'll be happy for me.
So that's it, and again, WOO HOO!!! I GOT A JOB!!! Here comes a new PowerBook, as soon as I pay off my credit card, save up the money for it and Apple releases an updated model with all the goodies I want in it, like Bluetooth built in, and 802.11g wireless networking. Go me! Life is good!
Current music - Blur "Song 2" (It's the Woo hoo song, I just had to)