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New Job
Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 6:43 pm
by mikehardware
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!
Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 8:22 pm
by elwoodblues
Congrats and good luck, Mike.
Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 8:45 pm
by hermillion
Congratulations, Mike! Nice to see the good guys do well.
Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 9:03 pm
by kayrharris
Woo hoo! Great news for a great guy!
Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 9:11 pm
by silvercamaro
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.)
Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 10:41 pm
by BackInTex
Great news! Congrats.
Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 8:01 am
by peacock2121
Great news!
Congratulations.
Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 8:53 am
by ne1410s
How exciting!! Good luck.
Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 10:07 am
by MarleysGh0st
Congratulations, Mike!
Same type of work on your new job or something different?
Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 2:49 pm
by PlacentiaSoccerMom
Congratulations! More money is always nice, but it sounds as though you will also have more job satisfaction at your new job.
Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 3:03 pm
by mikehardware
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.
Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 7:57 am
by christie1111
I'll also help translate the issues from geek-speak into English for management.
Wow! I didn't even know that was possible!
Congratulations! Sounds like an exciting change!
Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 11:55 am
by ghostjmf
Good Luck!
Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 12:10 pm
by tlynn78
Terrific news - congrats!
t.