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Wednesday, May 12, 2004

All Grown Up Now
At least, I'm going to have to be, because they offered me the job yesterday, and I took it. I spoke on it as though I already had it, and what I didn't realize is that I really didn't, until yesterday. My supervisor sounded so positive and proactive that I felt like I really had it, but when I went to the corporate office yesterday, I discovered that I was intervewing. Went out to lunch with my supervisor and her boss. (GOOD eatin', too--and he paid!) Had to have a final interview with the company's owner and the COO. Very 'The Apprentice'. But I was too stupid to be nervous. Then I got the job. Everyone I met had liked me, said my supervisor.

Now, it's time to put out. The position is described as 'entrepreneurial'. That means I'm corporate and have to put out results, recruit as a matter of happenstance, and supervise again. I'm told a lot of my work can be done at home, but a lot of travelling will be necessary too. I'm told I can get compensated for anything I do over 40 hrs in the form of a bonus, rather than overtime. I'm told I am a salaried eployee now and will get extra money to buy my own health insurance. I'm told I get compensated for any mileage I do over 50 per day. And I will now have twice the client load, but the pay is included in the salary.

Whoooo. I'm about to act like I'm Forty.

This does mean another thing--I have to work more than I do now. More evenings than I've been giving. Less gaming time with me and my buddies. It's like I've just floated out of Neverland and hit solid ground. Still too stupid to be nervous. What I want is that paycheck! I resolved to do ANYTHING for the money they want to pay me.

On Mother's Day, during my walkabout, I found the new that place I want to live. I note with some interest that I can't find a price for these condos on the website. I do know where the sales office is, though. I think what's telling is that it's called a "Luxury Condo". Which means 1) The asking price to buy a unit will be crazy high, and 2) There will be maintenance fees every month for the rest of your life which will probably be higher than I currently pay for rent. New job or no, I'll have to make five or six times what my new job will pay me before I can have one of those apartments. That or get married to a Wall Street chick. Single guy income in New York just might not cut it, unless I were into the high finances, and I'm not.

Dude can dream, though.

Me at 5/12/2004 08:53:00 AM