Category: Asides
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Offer Letdown
The compensation in the initial job offer ended up being a full five figures lower than my minimum acceptable compensation. I don’t know how or why this turned out this way. I hope it isn’t too wide a gap to close through negotiation, otherwise I’ll be sticking here for a…
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Yet Another Job Update
I felt like I bombed the phone call this evening due to being sick and the pain in my mouth from my recent dental work but the job is mine if I want it. I should receive an offer of employment soon. Still don’t know what kind of compensation we…
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Another New Job Update
So tonight, I am going to be talking to the CEO of the company that I am potentially going to be taking a job with, and talking about my skills, and abilities in hopes of convincing him that I am worth spending money on. If this conversation goes well, I…
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Another Job Update
I have to do another over the phone interview to discuss the job roles and where I’d fit. If I ace it, the job should be mine for the taking. Still haven’t discussed compensation with them yet. More news once I’ve done the over the phone interview.
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Awesome Freelance Switch Post
http://freelanceswitch.com/general/job-reply/ – I loved this post on Freelance Switch. I’ve wanted to say this to people a few times as well. Usually, when they say “opportunity for exposure”, they can’t provide as much exposure as they think they can.
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Friendship Issues
One of the reasons I think I failed in working for myself is that I am bad at making and keeping friends. I am fairly anti-social and introverted by nature and I easily brush people out of my life that I don’t have to see or interact with on a…
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Outer Limits: Season One
I forgot how much nudity there was in the first season of Outer Limits. Boobs everywhere, including those of some now big time celebrities.
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Slow Brain is Slow
I didn’t get much sleep last night. I wanted to sleep. I really, really wanted to sleep, but it just didn’t really happen for me. I think I finally fell asleep around four in the morning, and had to get up three hours later. My brain is definitely not functioning…
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Devil Drives Away Ideas
I always have so many ideas. Sometimes, I feel like I have the devil and angel characters you used to see on so many television shows sitting inside my brain. One tells me how great my idea is, and the other how stupid. Given enough time, the devil always seems…
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Energy Towards Cleaning
There’s so much I wanted to do this weekend. Sunday has come too fast. Back to work tomorrow. I really thought I’d be more productive this weekend.
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