JOB NEWS
(Posted 2008-07-09 12:51:35 by ArchPaladin)

So here's the big news.

I have, in fact, found a new job.  The company is called InterSystems [
http://intersystems.com/ ], and they are located in Cambridge, MA.  The
position is some form of Product Support position, which I think basically
entails tier-3 support work (ie. a few positions above entry-level
helpdesk).

It's not been exactly what I've been looking for, but it pays the bills and
should have enough flexible hours to allow me to get to class.  I don't
know how much actual development work is involved, but I suppose it's OK if
there isn't much - this kind of position may do some bugfixes or
incremental patches, but not much in the way of actual development.  The
world of entry-level development positions (ie. what I was going for) is
quite rare considering that most of that work gets outsourced, or is
obsoleted by regular use of third-party packages.

I suppose as a whole I am neither excited or upset.  I was looking for
something that would pay the bills, give me a chance to learn some new
technical skills, and enable me to get to and pay for my classes at NESA. 
All of those things I have obtained.  I suppose what I was secretly hoping
was that I would end up with a position similar to what I was doing at my
current job - where I had the bulk of the responsibility for an area in a
company - but given the amount of experience I have that is extremely
unlikely.  In truth, it's probably a good thing that I didn't get it, as I
have motivations elsewhere.  This has been one of the realizations that
I've had while job hunting.

I suppose this entire experience has been good, and I look at work a lot
differently now than I used to.  For everyone, sometimes jobs are a means
to an end, and sometimes jobs are an end in themselves.  Figuring out where
a person strives in life allows us to distinguish between the two.

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