I don’t think I’ve blogged about this before, but I’ve actually been unemployed for the past eight months — I was laid off from my role as CTO of FutureTrade this past October. Unemployed, in my case, does not mean without income: I’ve been consulting for several companies, and I’ve had a generous severance package from FutureTrade. So this period has not been one of hardship for us, thank goodness — and in many ways it has been quite enjoyable. For one thing, all of the consulting work has been done from my home office…and I just love the work environment here. But most importantly, all of the consulting work has been honest-to-goodness hands-on engineering. I haven’t had this much fun earning a living for a good many years!
But now one of my consulting clients has decided to offer me a job, and I’ve accepted their offer. As of this Monday (June 5), I’m officially employed. I can hear the snarky comments already — what on earth was this company thinking? They worked with me for a while as a consultant, and they still wanted to hire me? What is wrong with this place?
The company is Conifer Securities. And all snarking aside, I am just tickled pink to join a company with (a) a real need for someone with my skills and experience, (b) that is willing to have me work from home, (c) needs the skills and experience that I most enjoy employing, and (d) has a great bunch of folks (whom I already know!) to work with. Conifer is located in San Francisco, some 650 miles from me, but I don’t anticipate this making any difference at all…
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