Applied for a job in Portland!
February 18, 2005 @ 10:02 AMI’ve been meaning to link to this for a couple days, so before I forget: Fortune Magazine Cover Story: How Big Can Apple Get?
Well, I sent off my resume for a position in Portland. The company looks VERY cool. They build software applications which are basically designed to facilitate employee interaction and idea exchange. That’s what the software does. The company itself is attempting to encourage “sustainable practices” within corporations. Sustainability refers to a whole spectrum of things, of course. The most obvious is environmental equilibrium, but there are others.
And yet, I still feel guilty. I hate sending out resumes behind my employer’s back. It an okay thing to do, I realize. Since I’ve been here, I’ve seen several employees come and go of their own choosing. But it still feels a bit weird. In the four-plus years I’ve been here I’ve only sent out a small handful of resumes, and only to companies where the opportunity really excited me. But every time I felt a little guilty about it. Anyway, I just need to get over it. I do the best job I can while I’m here, and it’s perfectly acceptable for me to be looking for a new position. Especially when I feel like I have absolutely NO growth potential where I’m at. As much as I bitch about my job, it’s not my JOB, necessarily. It’s that I feel like I’m trapped in a situation where I have no ability or possibility to grow. And I have no desire to get into another situation like that, of course. So, I’m very very picky about which positions I apply for.
Anyway, I’ve got to go pick Jess up tonight and take her to an MRI appointment. That should be TONS of fun. :) Actually, I’m excited to see one of the machines, they look cool.
Other than that, I’m just sitting here waiting for my other laptop to finish compiling something so I can go home….
Argh. Error. Compiling again…
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BUILD SUCCESSFUL Total time: 8 minutes, 34 seconds