That's always the way of things, isn't it?

[shirenomad]

A friend helped me pick up a full time position at a circuit board manufacturer last Friday. It was officially temporary -- only for a few days -- but they're already keeping me through to the end of the week, which seems like a good sign that they might be keeping me even longer. Certainly it was enough to make Pam, who can't afford to match either the hours or the pay rate, panic that she'd lost me as an assistant for good. On the other hand, it's largely trained monkey work: right now I've been mostly just running one of the machines, feeding half-finished boards through, making sure nothing jams, and delivering the results to the next room for further processing. But it's a living...

Except now I got another offer from a college buddy down south who wants to bring me on as a QA guy. This is another temp position, but it'll last considerably longer (at least to the end of the year) and, like the circuit board job, looks like it could develop into something more permanent. Pays a little less, but is more the kind of work I've been interested in, and should they keep me around, I'll likely get a decent raise. And it'll look more impressive on a resume even if it doesn't work out. But it involves packing up and moving 350 miles south on relatively short notice (if only the bare essentials until I'm sure I'll still be there in January).

And either way, Pam is going to be cheezed. ^^;