Wednesday, April 13, 2005

I've Got Good News and I've Got Bad News

The good news is: I'm employed! I start Monday at a software company called Logical Apps. I answered their ad last Tuesday evening, was contacted on Wednesday morning, went for an interview on Thursday, and received an offer today. I guess they liked me.

I'm still not altogether sure what they do, but it has something to do with developing applications that regulate back-office business processes, and I'm sure it's very very important. It's a small company (65-70 people), which in my mind is a good thing, and I will be the entire technical publications department — manager, writer, editor, and general factotum. The company is located in Irvine (Orange County), which, oddly enough, is also a good thing: I can take a train and read the Times in relaxation while all the other poor suckers are slogging it out on the freeway. The best thing, of course, is that I'll have an actual income once again and get to support my daughter and keep my house and all that good stuff.

The bad news is: I'm employed! No more waking up at 8:00 and spending a few hours drinking coffee, reading the paper, and doing crosswords, I guess. Oh well, perhaps that's not so bad after all. But since I'm starting Monday, you can guess I'll be going sailing tomorrow. (Maybe Friday too.)

P.S. I've already secured at least a week of time off in July.

2 comments:

Commodore Linda said...

why, it's application control software for continuous compliance. and not only that, but they want to be the best place you have ever worked at! so that's nice!! congratulations!!!! and i'm so glad you can still take vacation in july.

Anonymous said...

Congrats Dave! You have Tuesday nights off, right? That's part of the contract presumably, right? Union regulations, right? Right? RIGHT???