So I done did it: Job apps are out. At least the first few.
Some of them I'm excited about, some of them I am much more ambivalent about (do I really want a career at Fancy Pants Research University - or am I more of a Regional State School and Selectie LIberal Arts guy?). But, in all honestly, I knows I have to get out of here. So I'm going a bit more aggressive than planned.
On the whole, the damn thing stresses me out: should I get a nibble, I need to have "a talk" with my colleagues. Seems less than fun. Though, "the wife can't find a job" is a pretty damn hard thing to argue with. I also know that the other junior guy in the department looks regularly - though he does not apply. I'm also worried about dealing with missing lectures if interviews happen, and a slew of other shit that is not worthing worry about. But there it is.
I've also gotten a head cold. So it goes.
Otherwise, I muscle onward.
Some of them I'm excited about, some of them I am much more ambivalent about (do I really want a career at Fancy Pants Research University - or am I more of a Regional State School and Selectie LIberal Arts guy?). But, in all honestly, I knows I have to get out of here. So I'm going a bit more aggressive than planned.
On the whole, the damn thing stresses me out: should I get a nibble, I need to have "a talk" with my colleagues. Seems less than fun. Though, "the wife can't find a job" is a pretty damn hard thing to argue with. I also know that the other junior guy in the department looks regularly - though he does not apply. I'm also worried about dealing with missing lectures if interviews happen, and a slew of other shit that is not worthing worry about. But there it is.
I've also gotten a head cold. So it goes.
Otherwise, I muscle onward.
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My wife actually found a job at MSU she thought was well-suited to my skill set. It's basically a head janitorial/groundskeeper position with a fancy title (Environmental Director or some such). The idea of me, a high school dropout, working in any capacity at a university is pretty entertaining.