Yesterday I pulled out all the stops. I identified three places where I could possibly start working soon, all conveniently located in Old Montreal. I decided to give them all a visit to possibly set up an interview later this week or next.
Company #1
This company actually makes video games, although it's unlikely that you've heard of any of them. They do stuff mainly on mobile devices and web sites. I sent my resume to a contact that I have there, a really nice guy. He sent it off to his boss, although they needed to know what I was looking for exactly, and what they had to offer. After walking and talking for a quarter of an hour or so, it seems as though the only fit would be for me to start as tech support making $25K a year. That would be the equivalent of going back in time seven years, but then again, if they call me, I really don't have many options open to me right now. He would push for this because it may help him get out of the job situation he is in right now, which would be him doing tech support and being the web master, all for $27K. It's the situation that I would want the least, but it's the one that I could leave the quickest.
Company #2
I stopped off at zura's company to discuss with her what I could do there. She set me up to talk to one of the principal sales engineers. It was a good conversation. He thought that I could be an intelligent person working on the sales team concentrating on the business intelligence market, although thinking about it now, I think I'd rather be on his team. It fits better with what I want to do in the future. I'll have to let him know this.
