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You know that job I was telling you about just yesterday? Yeah, that just ended up getting filled by someone else… It was a management job, and the benefits were really great. I was looking forward to working there (with there being the local library)… Unfortunately, I will never know if it was my lack of management experience, lack of a degree, or something else that was not enough to give the job to me. I don’t want to sound bitter or cruel, but his is one of the bigger disappointments I have had to encounter lately.

It just means that I will have to have more resolve at looking for employment somewhere else. I’ll probably start looking at local factories that might need technology help…

Anyway, good luck to any job seekers out there… things are tough right now, I have discovered from experience.

Today was a fabulous day, I had an interview for a position in the IT field. After a friend applied to a different job at the same location, I sent in my application for a management position. Just a short while after I submitted my application, the director of human resources called to schedule an interview. That took place late last week.

The interview was by committee, which was a first for me. I happened to know one of my interviewers from a previous experience with this business. After about a 45 minute interview, the committee thanked me and I was informed that I would hear a decision by the end of the week.

I am really anxious… This job would be a great opportunity for me. I don’t by any means want to assume the role of that committee, but I seemed to have the technological skills that they seemed to indicate were necessary. Now, they just have to decide to take a chance on someone who was not had extensive experience managing a team. Not to say I wouldn’t enjoy it and wouldn’t succeed; I just have not had the opportunity to try, and the challenge is an enticing one.

I don’t want to say too much more before the decision is made, and I certainly don’t want to give my prospective employer the chance to reconsider based on anything they would read here, if they found their way here.

‘I’m a little behind the times, but I have opted to upgrade my blogging software to WordPress, an open-source application. I’d like to thank Matt Jones for turning me on to WordPress, even if it only took two months to get to it… The software really has a ton of features. Among other things, it allows multiple authors, including the ability to allow users to register on the blog and make posts, of the administrator desires. Another cool feature is the chance to post to a blog via email. The software monitors a specific email account for any new messages and posts them. Ideally, I should be able to post from my cell phone… very cool for quick short messages.

Anyway, with the (now, not really) recent news of the price change for Movable Type, as well as my normal open-source bias, WordPress seems to be the best choice. I don’t mean to get geeky on this blog, but I thought I ought to post something…

Here’s to hoping that the next update doesn’t take months to post.