Comments | arashiz: Reborn

arashiz

Reborn

Oct 06, 2009 20:00

Here is what I did:

I demoted myself from a full-time salaried employee to a part-time employee.

( Now, here's the thing. )

state of the union

Comments 8

amazingtomatoes October 7 2009, 03:20:16 UTC

kudos, great post. I hope you'll throw some of the writing my way :3

ithills October 7 2009, 06:41:45 UTC

Nice. The best thing to buy with a job is more time.

arashiz October 7 2009, 16:49:34 UTC

ITHIL. Long time no see. What the hell are you up to these days?

ithills October 10 2009, 01:11:23 UTC

I've been around, just lurking. :p

I'm still in Seattle, and that's pretty fun. I went to PAX again and got the PAXflu, but it was still totally worth it. I hang out with a lot of the old #beyond people a couple times a month.

I'm still working for the same startup, and that's going pretty well. I got a big raise, I'm back to regular paychecks, I'm working 40-50 hours instead of something insane like 80, and I have full technical control over the latest project, which is really nice.

Now that I have time outside of work, I'm looking at setting up a website and kicking around ideas for a personal project.

cernunnos October 7 2009, 07:43:22 UTC

Now, I'm going to say that I think you're completely insane, but, keep in mind that this is coming from me.
That's a compliment and a badge of honor coming from me.

The world needs more people who are willing to do seemingly completely insane things in order to follow their dreams; more people willing to jump off the ledge and hope to all that is holy that they can fly.

So, I applaud your insanity and I wish you all the best. Sure, a few of us are crazy enough to do what you're doing, but I'm sure you're talented enough to succeed.

skorpy October 7 2009, 16:42:57 UTC

So, are they actually paying you by the hour, now?

arashiz October 7 2009, 16:49:09 UTC

Yup. And they're paying less than the equivalent $/hr I was making while salaried, so it was a reduction in both time and money. it's still enough to get by on -- I won't be bankrupting myself any time soon -- but at least now when I stay for 10hrs, I'll actually get paid for it.

redpikachu October 8 2009, 13:24:04 UTC

I know other people groan when they hear this, but I want to be a novelist.

You know what? I think that's great! I think a lot of people felt and still feel that way about RedStar, but really, what's wrong with shooting for your dream job?