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#1 Post by mikehardware » Sat Mar 08, 2008 6:43 pm

Looks like I'll be getting a new job!

Currently, I'm doing test on a helicopter flight simulator. It's pretty cool, but after lots of tension, including the one-half percent pay raise last year, I started floating my resume.

Friday, I got an offer, with more than a 25 percent raise in salary! I get to stay put here in beautiful Huntsville, AL and I'll get an opportunity to travel a few times a year to some interesting places I've never been before.

Relief at last!
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#2 Post by elwoodblues » Sat Mar 08, 2008 8:22 pm

Congrats and good luck, Mike.
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#3 Post by hermillion » Sat Mar 08, 2008 8:45 pm

Congratulations, Mike! Nice to see the good guys do well.
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#4 Post by kayrharris » Sat Mar 08, 2008 9:03 pm

Woo hoo! Great news for a great guy! :D
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#5 Post by silvercamaro » Sat Mar 08, 2008 9:11 pm

Great news, Mike!

Bingo wants a chewy bone to help you celebrate. (He's not the braggy sort, but he knows it would not have been possible if he hadn't chased away the heffalumps.)
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#6 Post by BackInTex » Sat Mar 08, 2008 10:41 pm

Great news! Congrats.
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#7 Post by peacock2121 » Sun Mar 09, 2008 8:01 am

Great news!

Congratulations.
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#8 Post by ne1410s » Sun Mar 09, 2008 8:53 am

How exciting!! Good luck.
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#9 Post by MarleysGh0st » Sun Mar 09, 2008 10:07 am

Congratulations, Mike!

Same type of work on your new job or something different?
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#10 Post by PlacentiaSoccerMom » Sun Mar 09, 2008 2:49 pm

Congratulations! More money is always nice, but it sounds as though you will also have more job satisfaction at your new job.
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#11 Post by mikehardware » Sun Mar 09, 2008 3:03 pm

Thanks everyone! I'm not even sure how to categorize what it is I do - professional nerd probably isn't too inaccurate. The new job sounds pretty close to what I did for the International Space Station. I'll be basically double-checking a portion of a program for a small subcontractor working for the government. Are the developers following their plans? Are they doing things correctly? Is the system fully tested? Do the requirements make sense? I'll also help translate the issues from geek-speak into English for management. There's some travel for meetings and witnessing tests, but its likely to be less than what I'm doing now, more predictable, and lots more scenic.
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#12 Post by christie1111 » Mon Mar 10, 2008 7:57 am

I'll also help translate the issues from geek-speak into English for management.
Wow! I didn't even know that was possible!

:D

Congratulations! Sounds like an exciting change!
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#13 Post by ghostjmf » Mon Mar 10, 2008 11:55 am

Good Luck!
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#14 Post by tlynn78 » Mon Mar 10, 2008 12:10 pm

Terrific news - congrats!

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