Time for a change

"jminer" (jminer) 09/20/2019 at 13:35 • Filed to: None

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So a while back I asked Oppo for luck on a series of j ob interviews at my work for an Enterprise Architect position. Much luck was granted and I nailed the 4 (four interviews!!!!) but wasn’t selected for the job. I was a very close 2nd, the guy who got the job had a very different skillset than me and they decided they wanted more his at the moment than mine.

As a good Romanian friend of me says when things do not go as expected ‘ Life, she goes on’

The tough thing is I have a good job, but a lot of layers of management and no real room for advancement where I am at now. I work at a large quasi-government organization so benefits are awesome and pay is good. I’ve been here 4 and a half years and have climbed up high enough I now understand how inefficient and averse to change everything is in the place and am tired of it all .

So - long story short I’ve now updated my resume for an external job and applied for one earlier this week. At the same time the Mrs and I are getting tired of St Louis so the net is going to be cast wide. I’d love to head towards Mountains and Ocean so probably either California or Boston.

I probably should start to thin out my herd of project vehicles - I don’t plan on moving the majority of these fine machines .

A pic of a beautiful Bronco from the last time I was in Denver - The rust free west is extremely intriguing to my poor midwest self.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > jminer 09/20/2019 at 13:51

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I wish you luck and good fortune. Life is too short to work a job that drags you down.

[isn’t taking own advice]

What.

adamftw > jminer 09/20/2019 at 13:56

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Good Luck, Sir. I work for a s tate u niversity so I know that feel.

jminer > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 09/20/2019 at 13:57

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It was funny I saw your post on the same topic earlier today...

Being an adult and not just quitting meh jobs sucks some times!

jminer > adamftw 09/20/2019 at 13:58

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I appreciate it, something about being large and government affiliated is rough. Especially since I'm in IT and we stay 3-5 years behind on everything, were just starting to evaluate server 2016 at work now!

OPPOsaurus WRX > jminer 09/20/2019 at 14:27

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architects design buildings, anyone else just wants a thier job to have a cool  name.

jminer > OPPOsaurus WRX 09/20/2019 at 14:37

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Its funny because Engineers would say that Architects just draw pretty things that don't work well and Engineers do all the hard work.

benn454 > jminer 09/20/2019 at 15:30

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California and Boston are going to be underwater soon, so go while you can.

 Make sure to wear a Binny jersey everywhere if you pick Bahstahn.

pip bip - choose Corrour > jminer 09/20/2019 at 22:38

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good luck

adamftw > jminer 09/23/2019 at 06:44

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Ah, yup. I’m not on the desktop side but the university hospital is still running and supporting Windows 7 machines.

jminer > adamftw 09/23/2019 at 10:00

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W e’re scrambling to kill off Windows 7 this year and get rid of it all by end of support, we will probably get most of it done.