Another job update...

I had my interview at TWM, Tuesday morning.  This is the job that seemed really good.
I got there about 20 minutes early, but you never know how public transportation is running, so it's better to be early then late. 
I meet with the CEO if the company and a couple of things jumped out at me right away.
"...I need an Architect, not a Scanner..."  I don't thing I have Architect anywhere in my resume.
"...we have about 25 employees, and I don't want to see it get much more then that..."  It doesn't sound like there is a lot of growth potential at this company.
I then went on to meet with 3 other people.  None could really tell me what my specific job would be, nor could they tell me what their job was.  They seemed friendly, but it seemed like they were just going though the motions.  They really didn't want to be there to interview me.  It was rather disappointing.  I had such high-hopes for this interview also.
They didn't say straight out that I wasn't going to be hired, but I could feel it.

I'll probably hold tight on the job I have for the summer.  Unless a REAL offer of something a lot better comes along.  I'm stuck here.

Update...It's been almost a yeat!

So it's been a while since I've posted anything here.  Most of my posts have been on Facebook, but I shouldn't abandon my good ole Blog.  I'll give you the highlights since my last post, which was around the time of Mickey's birth.

Things sure are a lot busier with two kids.  It's not just twice the work, it's expodential or more.  But we are surviving... Teri was out of work from July 22 until right after Columbus day. 

I was working on a contract for a company called IAI until the first week in August, 2010.  That was the end of the contract.  I wouldn't have taken this contract if I knew it was so short.  That happens, I joined a company at the end of August called SMS Data Products I thought I was going to be at this company for the long term.  But the contract was cut and we all lost our jobs.  This was really bad.  Something good did come out of it, I meet a great friend Toni.  I hope we are friends for a long time.

 Presently I am working a contract for a small company by the name of Alta IT Solutions.  I think the contract is going to end in a couple of weeks, so I have a lot of feelers out to find something else.  I really would like to find a job where I could stay a LONG time.

With the two kids, I have cut back on the concert goings.  But also, not many bands have come around that I am interested in seeing.  I did see Tom Petty last August and Rush in September.  Some pictures are below.

I thought I had pictures of Rush, but I guess I misplaced them.  Both shows were very good. 

We didn't have alot of snow over the winter, which I'm not complaining about.  This spring was pretty typical and I am working on the latest planting of the garden. 

It's nice to have help with the endeavor.

Other then that, I continue to play poker, exclusively at casinos since Full Tilt poker was shut down.  But I do hope to have more involvement with Ante Up magazine as I now thier Delaware/Maryland Ambassador.  It probably means more work for me, but it's something to do.  I'll be publishing 500 words each month in the magazine.

Now that we are up to date, I'll try to post regularly.

Job update

When last we left our job candidate he had opportunities with 4-5 potential employers. This is what came out of the wash:
It all happened the week I went on vacation.
Andrews AFB (GDIT) – They made me an offer and raised the amount a little. But they also knocked my job title down a peg.

Library of Congress (ManTech) – They called me as I was pulling into Myrtle Beach. They really low balled me on the money. Basically they asked if I would make a lateral move. I told them to make their best offer, it wasn’t good.

USDA (Geneses10) - On the evening of 8/14 I received an offer from the company. It’s a grotesque amount of money, but may not last longer then 6 months.

Census (Convergenz) - I told them my price and they were going to try to get it.

Company in Arizona - They called me right after I received the offer letter. They were messing around trying to say I need to rework my resume to emphasize specific experience with that would apply to the job. At this point I told them to remove me from consideration.

So what happen was…
I thought of this the whole time I was on vacation and decided to go for the money. I accepted the job at USDA. When I left GAO it was really hard. I liked the people there and the job itself was pretty easy. But right now I can use the dough. So here I am at USDA.
One good thing is that a lot of people said that if my job situation changes, I would be welcome back to GAO with open arms.

No Party

Long in short of it, there won't be a Young-fest 2008. There are just too many things going on right around that time of the year. We are adjusting to Rebecca still, and have not been able to get everything up to speed where we want it. So for this year, we are canceling the party. We may still have a small family gathering that day, but nothing major. So that's it.

On the job side, there are so many things going on. I haven't made a decision. Let me bring you up to date.

Library of Congress - It seems like their contract situation is in order. But I am concerned that it really doesn't do anything for my career.

Andrews AFB - I had an interview on site on 8/7. I guess things went well enough. So well that they made me an offer on the spot. It turns out that it is with General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT). But it's not major money. And I'm not real keen about commuting down to Andrews AFB when I am in town. I told them I would let them know by Monday.

USDA - They were suppose to be working on an offer, but I haven't heard anything this week.

Census - They got back with me on a low offer. I rejected it out right and told them what I was expecting. I thought that was then end of it, but on Thursday, they called me back to try to convince me to accept a lower amount. They gave me their top amount. I don't think I'll take it.

Another company in the mix - I was contacted by a company that has a contract with Unisys working to secure our borders. This work is all in Arizona. At first I wasn't going to accept it, but they seem to be paying a lot. So I jumped through their hoops to see where it will go.

This whole process is really weird. I go back to the dating comparison. I have a fine steady job now, that pays pretty decent compared to other people in the world. This is list a stable marriage. But it seems like there are better companions out there for me, and I'm not sure if the one I have is so bad, or the others would be so good. This makes my head spin!

The only other thing that I have going on is that Heather asked me get on Facebook. I did. And amazing, its funny to find other people on there that you know. It pulls contacts from your e-mail contact list, and found a bunch of people that way. Also I found a couple of people at work on there.

Saturday, I am off to the Virgin Mobile Festival. I should have a bunch of pictures to share.

I was a Bachelor for the weekend...

...So what! As of late last week I had a decent weekend planed. With Teri out of town I planned to get together with Heather on Saturday, and go to the Black Crowes show with The Donk on Sunday. This got totally messed up!

First off, Heather called me Friday evening to see if we could get together that evening. Well I was in the middle of making dinner, and planned on helping Teri pack so I couldn't. But she said she was going to call me Saturday morning. She didn't call.
Saturday night I ended up going to Hollywood, MD and played poker with Cindy. I didn't win, so it turned out to be a shitty night.

Well at least I had Sunday right? WRONG! The STUPID Donk called and canceled the show. He offered me the tickets, but I didn't want to go solo. It was suppose to be a guy thing. But he is so busy with his messed up marriage, it's not funny. So basically, this totally blew my whole weekend.

I ended up picking vegetables in the garden all weekend. It needed to be done, but I sure would have liked to do something FUN!!!

This has put me in a rotten mood since then. Last night the baby didn't go down until late. And she got up early. I didn't want anything to do with anything, but I eat breakfast, and went up to check on her. She needed to have her diaper changed which I did. I am halfway though doing this when Web comes into the room acting like he is about to puke. I run him out, and Rebecca starts crying. I snapped and yelled, "SHUT UP!!" I didn't need to do this. But I am just so bored with everything going on.
I am seriously considering canceling the party this year. I can care less about seeing any neighbors, I see them all the time anyway. And there isn't anyway else who would come to the party that I care to see. It's just a lot of money out the door for a crappy time.

On the job front:
Progress is being made on the Census job, but they are trying to low-ball me on the salary. Tough, I'm not going to work for scraps. They WILL pay or I don't accept it. 1513: I just got an e-mail, they are stuck on the low ball. Doesn't look good for this one.

The job at Andrews is making progress. I have a face to face interview on Thursday.

I told the folks at the USDA job that I am interested, but understand that there is a funding problem and I need more info. The HR woman said she is working on an offer.

I haven't heard back from the Library of Congress folk. But on my other office phone, it looks like the tried to call last week. They should try to contact me some other way.

Vaca Update:
So the whole Myrtle Beach trip is completely out of control! Originally it was going to be Cindy, Teri, Rebecca, and I. Well then Cindy asked to bring Candice and Tabitha, then little Kurt, now big Kurt. And my poker play is so bad lately that I don't want to play in a cash game on the gambling boat, and be stuck out there for 6 hours!
I told Mary that I don't want to go out on the boat, but would pay for a night for her and Bill in Myrtle Beach. She didn't want to do this. She says its because of all of Cindy's crew. Whatever!

This is why I am in a shitty mood as of late!

New Job

I started a new job February 27, 2007. This time it's a Dept. of Justice contract. The primary contract is held by BEA Systems and I am working for a sub-contractor, USresources (yes, that is how they spell it). The work is at the US Attorney offices replacing their existing desktop and laptop computers.
It's a job. This doesn't do much for my career. The pay is better then unemployment. And I get to travel. This week I trained in DC and used the train to get to DC. This was so much easier then driving! Especially today when it was raining. It would have taken 2 hours to get in. I caught the 7:35am train, and was at the office at 8:25! This is still an hour (more or less) to get to work, the stress of not fighting traffic is HUGE! So the MARC, so far, is a good thing.
My first assignment will be with the entire team in Maine. I'll be in Portland for a few days, and Bangor after that. I'll try to take more pictures and post them as this, and other trips take place.
Normally the team will consist of myself as team-lead, and 3 other installation technicians. Maine is the pilot state. Teri is taking me to DCA Sunday afternoon and we'll have lunch there before I go.
I'll be back Friday, 3/9/07. And I'll post with what is happening from there.