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[marcmagus]

Well, I've just accepted a job offer. I'm going to be a "Programmer Analyst" working in a small office recently acquired by a large corporation. I'll be developing the software which controls a new biotech device. I haven't decided yet how much I'm willing to say here, for obvious reasons.

I estimate the commute at a bit under an hour each way by car, maybe as much as an hour and a half by train (there's a transfer involved, I haven't figured out that detail yet). I'll probably need to obtain a car to make it practical. The salary is a bit less than I'd been hoping for in light of the other businesses I'd been talking to, but those didn't turn into offers, and it's quite reasonable. I start after Thanksgiving.

Now I just need to compromise my beliefs and schedule a drug test. The kind where I prove I'm not using illegal drugs, not the kind where I prove how much I know about them. I support their right to insist on that in a contract, I just think it's none of their damn business what I do when I'm not in their office. But I can either tell them to mind their own business and start over searching, or I can submit to the test where I have nothing to hide and stop starving right away. *sigh*

Comments

[penguinkraft.livejournal.com]

Drug test or no, this is really great news. Congratulations!

[nickydapoof.livejournal.com]

Congrats on getting hired by BIOTECH! =P

[theoldwolf.livejournal.com]

Hooray.. Nice job.. Our office drug test is the standard 10 multiple choice questions and an essay. Usually if you take the red one and the blue one together what happens? Stopping starving is not a bad thing. This isn't a discussion about compromises unless you really want it to be. Are there lots of positives in the situation? if so, then go for it and always keep your eyes open to see what elese might be out there.

[oldsilenus.livejournal.com]

Congrats, dude! (I wish I had read this before I gave you a call a little bit ago. ;) )

…Although that drug test thing is really annoying….

[jhadania.livejournal.com]

Congrats on the job!

[captainecchi.livejournal.com]

Excellent news!

I hear you're living in the Boston area now, and I wish I had known, so I could have invited you to the housewarming. Anyway, Mo wanted me to pimp the local LARP convention to you: Intercon G (http://www.interactiveliterature.org/G/). The downside is it may fall the same weekend as NonCon...

[marcmagus]

It fell on the same weekend last year (I think for the first time, actually), and I seem to recall checking and finding that they conflict again this year. It's a shame, as there are a number of people who I think would consider coming to NonCon, especially in a group, but aren't willing to miss Intercon for it.

Thanks. When was your housewarming?

[soulchanger.livejournal.com]

Yay! Congrats man!

[mneme]

Congrats!

I'd compromise and piss in the damned cup -- it's annoying, but it's better than starving (and when you get down to it, I think companies mostly due it because the federal government encourages it).

Yay!!

[kdsorceress.livejournal.com]

Yay for jobs! Well done darlin!

~Sor

[ladyhawke-wings.livejournal.com]

Just wandered by to say congrats again...and to offer to show you the local sushi place for lunch once you're settled in. ;-)

[goncharov-max.livejournal.com]

Dear Sir/Madam!
My name is Maksim Goncharov.
I am participant of Work and Travel exchange program, sponsored by Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE) (http://www.ciee.org/).

This program allows students from European countries to come to US during their summer vacation for a period of up to 4 months and LEGALLY work.
CIEE is providing me with all necessary papers to be eligible to work in US, including Social Security Number.
My employment dates are:
First day available to work - May, 29 2007
Last day available to work - close of September 2007

I'm looking for any position.

Maksim Goncharov
Date of Birth: 29/07/86
Place of Birth: Lipetsk
Nationality: Russian
Marital status: Single
E-mail goncharov_max@lipetsk.ru

Work experience
06/2006-09/2006 cafe Shokolad, Lipetsk, waiter
06/2005-08/2005 club Tornado, Lipetsk, bus boy
07/2004-09/2004 pizza Karusel, Lipetsk, kitchen staff

Education
2003 - present Lipetsk State Technical University,
Faculty of Automation and Computer Science
Field of study Automated Systems of Data Processing and Managing

Language
Good knowledge of English
Fluent Russian

Additional Skills
Advanced level skills in Computer Science
Driving license

Interests
I enjoy running, swimming and writing electronic music.