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    Although it’s resolved now, I sure can relate to that predicament. I’d worked a couple of years as a contract employee for a natural gas pipeline feasibility study. Nice job but they finally decided to put everything on the back burner and I went on the job hunt. Early on, I interviewed for a job with the FAA. A couple of months go by and I hear nothing. Meanwhile, I put my resume on Monster.com and bang, I get a call from AT&T to interview for the Office Manager position at their new wireless Internet project in town.

    So, I got the job and the first couple of weeks are good. Nice place. Nice people. Low key. Then out of the blue, I get a call from the FAA with an offer for that job I’d completely forgotten about. The fed job was a slight pay cut but there’s a retirement plan and other benefits. What to do, what to do. I slept on it, then took the position in the morning.

    I could only give the AT&T boss a week’s notice. He wasn’t pleased but he understood. One more week passes and on my last day, providence smiles down upon me. The project had a lot of dissatisfied customers and the word came down to pull the plug. To think, I came >>>this<<< close to being on the job hunt again after turning down a good offer. Instead, I was off to my new job, where I am almost four years later. Sometimes, things just work out.
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    Nice work Chris, glad to see you got a job. Good luck with everything and remember to bring your chainmail in to work on during breaks!

    Honestly, this is awesome to read, congratulations and best of luck!

    "If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end; if you look for comfort you will not get either comfort or truth only soft soap and wishful thinking to begin, and in the end, despair." -C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity

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    thanks sean. i really hope this job works out for me. i'm not sure how long i will have for breaks yet though, but i'm sure i could fit a little weaving time in there. lol. i just thought of something, i can get cheap wire at a discount now.
    "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity,
    and I'm not sure about the former." -
    Albert Einstein

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    Quote Originally Posted by mithril
    thanks sean. i really hope this job works out for me. i'm not sure how long i will have for breaks yet though, but i'm sure i could fit a little weaving time in there. lol. i just thought of something, i can get cheap wire at a discount now.
    Chris - my son is expecting:

    a) You weave him something -and/or-

    b) you teach him how to weave...

    Congrats!!! This deserves a smoke!!!

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    a) expecting as in a baby? chainmaille babies are so fun ( http://chainmail.com/diary/bristol04/week7/00000014.htm ) or something else.
    b) that would be fun so far, no one has wanted to learn from me.

    and i'm thinking about having a smoke tonight, i just haven't decided on which
    "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity,
    and I'm not sure about the former." -
    Albert Einstein

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