Done this weekend (20120505 Sa - 06 Su)

[mdlbear]

Some work on self-assessment, more tweaking of the resume and various profiles, conversations about hard topics, and some tasty cooking. Wonderful hang-out time with Naomi and Colleen. One walk, and a lot of puttering. Lots of links. Which means I spent too much time on the web.

Saturday night I went out on the porch with Naomi to look at the "super moon". It was gorgeous and serene.

In other words, not a very productive weekend. Goal for today is to finish the self-assessment around career change.

Dice.com insists on a full street address. This means that they're always going to be showing me jobs in the San Jose area. Foo.

We sat down and realized that we really can't afford to maintain the YD down here for a year while we're up in Seattle. So we're back to looking at 3-bedroom apartments. If we'd had a chance to think it through, we might not have decided to move -- but that would have required finding a job quickly. The money will stretch farther in Seattle.

I still don't know my bottom line.

Amazingly enough, I keep running into people on my flist who haven't read The Spoon Theory by Christine Miserandino. Go read. It's about hidden disabilities, and I guarantee you know somebody who's dealing with that stuff; for whom counting spoons is a daily challenge. And along those lines, here's How To Illustrate Wheelchairs In Comic Books

WANT: Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0. First Android tablet I've seen that really does what I want at a price I can afford.

Anybody using Huntsy: A Dashboard for Your Job Search? Looks interesting, though I haven't decided yet whether it's worth the trouble.

0505 Sa
  @ up 6:40; W=197.2; d, n, t; dishes
  * worked on the self-assessment stuff in Milestone 2.
  * website development in summary and skills.  s/infrastructure/site/
  * put "seattle" in resume?  x Better:  use a Google Voice number
  @ The Spoon Theory written by Christine Miserandino 
  @ Free as in awesome: our favorite open source apps for Ubuntu 12.04
  @ Renting Prosperity - WSJ.com Wow!
  @ Jailbreaking the Degree | TechCrunch 
  @ snopes.com: Letter to Dr. Laura
  @ Kindle Fire now #1 Android tablet, Google control over Android ecosystem could lessen 
  @ Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 review Or else not.  WANT.
  @ EU's top court: APIs can't be copyrighted, would "monopolise ideas" 
  @ Tips on Android Development Using Emacs 
  * 15min:  some puttering in the recycling area
  * made dinner:  corned beef, potatoes, veggies, salad.  Tasty.
  * make directory for Westercon under record
  * Went out to the front porch with N. to look at the "super moon".  It was
    indeed superb.

0506 Su
  * up 7:50; d, n, t; dishes
  @ FBI: We need wiretap-ready Web sites - now +anonymous
  @ Starting a Business | SBA.gov 
  * go out early for walkies and bagels.  x Probably need pasta as well
    tomatoes and mozzerella balls for caprese.  onion and garlic 
  * walk:  ~1.25mi:  LGC trail to Meridian
  @ What's America's Most Engaging Social Network? You'll Be Surprised
  @ How to Develop a Successful Board of Advisors (...and Why You Should!)
  * 15min:  move the rest of the X config files from ~ to Config.
  @ Not-Horrible iPad Cases: a round-up of the best 
  * add Pegasus (1997)to awards on linkedin
  * 15min:  reposition scooter basket up 2"  6mm Allen wrench
  * caprese - cluster tomatoes; fresh basil and oregano from front yard.
  @ 
  @ How To Illustrate Wheelchairs In Comic Books | The Mary Sue
  & talking with N and C -- we probably can't afford to keep the YD in the SJ
    house.  Either she gets a job, joins Job Corps, or moves up with us.  :(
  @ Huntsy: A Dashboard for Your Job Search Cool!  Maybe.
  * tuna/pasta salad for dinner mayo, capers, onion  Should have added a little
    pepper and curry powder.
  = figured out that we can't support YD down here.
  * spent more time looking at apartments.  Have a list from Colleen

Comments

[elf]

On job search sites--

Our little startup erotica company is looking for a Drupal developer. (And soon we will have money to throw into the search, which will probably make it go much faster.) So I went to one of the job-search sites and clicked the "interested in hiring" button (or whatever it was), selected the "free trial" option (which doesn't give names or contact info for the results. I put in "web developer" in the title and "drupal" in the skills, and said "gimme people looking for this job within 50 miles of Oakland."

First entry was someone who lives in Florida. Who's not interested in relocating.

Next was someone in Carmel.

I'm certainly not going to pay money for this service.

[auntie_m]

I got an Acer A100 that I have been happy with. It just got upgraded to Ice Cream Sandwich. I went with a 7" screen because it fitted better in my purse. As was noted in the review of the Samsung, it is the best size. Reading on it hasn't been a problem. I have all the major book readers. Mine only has WiFi. If I can't get WiFi, I'll use the smaller phone, which is also an android machine (gingerbread).
A 7" tablet is definitely the best combination of Big Enough to be useful and small enough to be truly portable. And you can't go wrong with Samsung.
The Price is what I paid for my Acer. The prices are really coming down on the tablets, aren't they?
First Present for when you get the next job.
Good Luck on the job hunt.

PS When you do get a tablet, I know lots of useful programs to have on it. Like a better calendar (I like Business Calendar) and Evernote (a nice way to organize things from home to tablet). You'll have to see what Samsung gives you and how useful it all is.

[fractalwolf.livejournal.com]

I was just trying to explain the spoon theory to someone they other day ... thanks for re-linking to it!

Also, a quick comment about 3 bedroom apartments: bizarrely enough I've occassionally seen situations where 2 smaller apartments (2br + a studio) cost less than a 3 bedroom, esp if the person in the studio can bring their laundry to the bigger apartment. So it's worth checking to see whether that's the case in San Jose.

Lastly: Does the full address dice.com requires absolutely have to be your home address? Does it pass it on to employers to mail you at? If not, is there any reason you can't lie to it, to get it to show you jobs in the area you want?

[mdlbear]

Thanks for the tip! That may prove *very* very useful!

I'm actually looking around Seattle, but the same thing applies, obviously. (I just looked at studio apartment rents in San Jose -- they start about where a 2-bedroom is in Seattle.)

I'm planning to switch my dice.com address to a friend's. I don't know whether they pass it to employers, but they definitely use it to define your search area.

[westrider.livejournal.com]

I have a mixed reaction to the spoon theory. The theory itself is great, but the "spoon" terminology really bugs me for some reason.

I usually use AA Batteries when I'm trying to explain it to people. Feels like it makes it more "internally consistent" in some way.

[chaoswolf]

Good luck with that sibling thing. Though I hope she finds lodgings elsewhere so as not to inconvenience you.

[mdlbear]

Not much chance of that in the short run unless she gets a job somewhere :( And the bright side is that she's 800mi farther from the UBF, and won't be getting nearly as much money from us.

It'll be something of an annoyance, but we'll put up with it.