Hi-ho, hi-ho: I head back to work this morning for the first time in six months!
This all happened so quickly that it's still a blur. On Monday, a praying friend asked if I had any news about jobs. I replied, "All quiet on the job front." And now it is Thursday, and I have to get ready for my first day on the job.
This is a 4-6 month contract, so I am still looking for a full-time job (with good benefits to support a family). But this buys me valuable time, which was running out. And because I get no benefits, we get to keep COBRA, which continues the excellent coverage I had in my last job. And thanks to the federal stimulus package, our payments have been reduced a whopping 65%, which has been credited retroactively, so now we have a positive balance to draw on for a few months and low payments after that!
I tell you, we have a weird Just-In-Time God.
The company I will be working for is Data Robotics, makers of a cool Mac/Win product which looks like a great product for anyone who needs to store a lot of important data (and that data keeps increasing). I think of it as "RAID for Dummies, heck it's even better than RAID." If that sounds confusing, it makes much more sense in the demo video.
Hi-ho!
suuuhweeet ! Been thinking / praying for you brother. Glad you found something for now... and I am sure something amazing will come along and help you get into a more full time solution. Hope to see you soon !
Posted by: Craig Littlejohn | June 11, 2009 at 09:21 AM
great news! And the product looks interesting ... can't have enough data backup/redundancy.
Posted by: maria | June 11, 2009 at 05:28 PM
Craig, thanks for praying. I have hope that God will show me something clear at the right time — at least, that's what I'm praying for.
Posted by: Jon Reid | June 21, 2009 at 09:24 PM
Maria, yes — I'm glad to be working on something that really looks beneficial. It helps my geek pride.
Posted by: Jon Reid | June 21, 2009 at 09:27 PM