Day 29 Log

Happy Birthday to me!
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Had my phone interview with the company in Mendota Heights, didn't go as well as I had wanted. They are looking for someone who will do purely maintenance. My goals for the future are to continue to learn and become a well rounded DBA, I'm afraid that if I focus solely on one area, like pure development or pure maintenance, that I won't achieve those goals. I mentioned this to the interviewer and he told me that it wouldn't do justice to their system to have their developers doing maintenance or their maintenance people doing development, which given their size makes sense, but I don't think that it would be a good fit for me. If I had to do a pure-anything position, I'd rather be a pure-developer, I enjoy that better than doing the maintenance.

Don't get me wrong, a big part of me was saying that I should shut up and take the job; it's been almost a month since I was layed off, and almost a month since I was paid (still no UI benefits, everything is still pending...taking a lot of crap from my wife on that), so saying no to following a position that might work out for me is a bit of a gamble, but since everyone tells me that companies are ramping up and staring to hire, I'd like to hold off on a position that isn't a good fit, and look for one where I'll be happier and thus a better employee, and everyone wins.
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Again not much on the job sites, I found one new position that I would be a good fit for (from the sound of the posting). I applied for it, hoping to get a call back.
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Had to contact a recruiting firm that I spoke with several weeks ago to see if they had submitted me for a position that the firm I worked with this week was thinking of submitting me for.