After having a conversation with Loud at the most awesome Orton Park Festival, I have a thought to return to my former place of work. The place where I trained for 3 years.
I wouldn’t return back to that training role, but rather as a developer. Sounds like they are moving toward a web based platform. Web programming is something I am very very interested in. I now have the thought sunk into my head of applying and seeing if I can get offered a developer position. Also having more money incoming would be nice since my better half is unable to work.
So I need some help working this one out. Dear readers, all two or three of you, what do you think about me possibly applying for a developer position at that place. Is it wise to reapply after being gone a year? How much compensation to shoot for? Is it still a good place to work? Other suggestions on places to apply? Are you willing to donate me a smoker? (See this post)
Leave a comment or shoot me an email. Help the bane decide.
2 comments:
You just gotta decide if you're willing to take more pay for longer hours and more stress. No, it probably won't be AS bad as it was before. But, we are still strapped for people and everyone still works long hours, and that, along with your commute, will mean more time away from home. If your better half can help with the upkeep of the home, then do it. Or, if the extra money will help with affording a maid or lawn service, then do it. But if not, you gotta remember the long hours and the commute. Ultimately, it's your call if you think you can do it. Of course, if you don't even apply, then you'll never know :)
Agreed. Some fine folks among us learned to manage their hours and stress there. I didn't. Well, I guess I did, but not giving a shit really isn't the best coping mechanism for career advancement :) No matter what role you're in, there are still going to be at least some periods of 60+ hour weeks when deadlines roll around, if not more often. And, I found near the end, sometimes it's as much a matter of the pervasive atmospheric stress of the place than stress about work you have to get done. I'd forgotten how sensitive I am to vibe/mood/etc. until I left and my shoulders dropped three inches from my ears. If you're sensitive to that kind of thing, you'll pick up the stress bug just being there.
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