Yesterday I found out that I did not get the job I really wanted. Seems they changed some of the criteria (and they needed to) but now I don’t “qualify.”

I would say “Oh well,” but this was exactly what I want to do.

So now I have to get back to looking for another job. I am able to keep the one I currently have as agreed to a while ago. But that still means a 50% cut in pay as I’ll be going from a 50% GA position to 10 hrs/wk hourly position. Or, my boss said they’d be happy to keep me for 20 hours/wk, which is great. Great as in helps with the $$ situation, and great as in it is nice to feel needed and wanted.

But. I really need to find something related to cataloging/classification/metadata. Part of the reason to stay in school is to get more hands-on education, not just formal classroom education. Matter-of-fact, that is probably the primary reason, but barely.

The folks I had hoped to work for have been shopping my name around with other metadata folks on campus, which is nice. I actually need to go talk to someone about some possible opportunities. But I’m already fairly sure that they are at the extreme tech end that I’m not all that interested in. I am interested in what they do, but in how it impacts the practice of applying metadata. But I won’t know if I don’t go find out for myself.

The easiest thing to do would be to stay where I am now. I love working with, and serving, the distance ed faculty and students, and Team Awesome is, in fact, awesome. Even though the team is undergoing some serious change come fall, I have no doubt that it’ll continue to be great. I already know 3 of the new Tech GAs so I’m pretty confident we will remain

I’m not exactly known for taking the easy road, though. And in this case it might not be the best thing for me. I sure wish I could see just a few weeks into the future on this one.

Ah well, that’s enough grumbling for now. Back to unpacking stuff. A couple members of Team Awesome are coming over to get some of my empty boxes in a half hour for their upcoming move. Then it’s lunch, shower, and off to Bloomington for Julius Caesar. Sure hope the rain holds off. We almost got rained out after intermission on Tuesday; that would have really sucked. But they went on and it finally quit. Tonight looks a little shadier though.