I started my new job this week at an e-learning power house. I get to call myself a “writer”. I also get to learn Flash and help build websites, something that I’ve always loved. I may even get to do some cool math. The best thing is that I get to be creative! So far, I’ve been hard pressed to find anything wrong with the company or position (aside from the excruciating process of getting settled in). I work with young people who are energetic, creative, and enthusiastic about their jobs. I’m in a great location, walking distance to the capital where I can have picnic lunches and bask in the sun on its wonderfully thick and shorn grasses. The company is growing rapidly, and the electric current of change is like an ionic musk in the air.
Or is that merely the hiss of punctured soda cans?
After all these years of grueling through grad school, tormenting myself over my inability to find a thesis, I finally found something to get excited about. My dwindling enthusiasm had me scared to the point that I’d feel physically ill when asked about my ‘career goals’. It’s good to be confident again. And it’s especially good to be optimistic about the future.
So it looks like I’ll be in Austin for a while then. I can think of far worse fates.
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congrats on the job and the general feeling of happiness! i am totally stoked for you!
cheers, mate. indeed, any feelings of regret i had about leaving graduate school are quickly dissipating. life in the real world might not be as uninspiring as i once thought…