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annathepiperIn an attempt to make up for being laggardly yesterday, I tried to go over my quota today... but couldn't quite make it, partly due to being distracted by having to run errands. Came it at just shy of a new thousand before it got late enough that my brain started going STOP NOW, which is now, so I'm making a note of tonight's word count being 3,614.
In other news, though, I just got a very promising job call this evening from a representative of Volt, one of the local contractor services, who is one of the largest providers of temporary staffing to Microsoft. It seems they have a localization tester position that may be a match for me, though it also seems to be a program manager position in disguise.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
spazzkat says this means they apparently don't want to PAY for a PM, but they NEED one, so they're "officially" calling the position a "tester" position. According to the job description it does actually involve SOME testing, but.
Anyway, it's the first hard nibble I've gotten on anything localization-related in some time, so I expressed appropriate interest, sent the Volt rep an updated copy of my resume since she didn't have one, and also sent her a mail outlining the relevance of various bits of my skill set for this particular position. We'll see what happens next.
Also, I should hopefully get a call tomorrow from one of Paul's former freelancing clients in regards to me doing some freelance web work for the site Paul set up for them.
If I actually start working again soon, I may have to cut my daily quota to 500 words. However, I can't honestly say I'd have a problem with that.
In other news, though, I just got a very promising job call this evening from a representative of Volt, one of the local contractor services, who is one of the largest providers of temporary staffing to Microsoft. It seems they have a localization tester position that may be a match for me, though it also seems to be a program manager position in disguise.
spazzkat says this means they apparently don't want to PAY for a PM, but they NEED one, so they're "officially" calling the position a "tester" position. According to the job description it does actually involve SOME testing, but.Anyway, it's the first hard nibble I've gotten on anything localization-related in some time, so I expressed appropriate interest, sent the Volt rep an updated copy of my resume since she didn't have one, and also sent her a mail outlining the relevance of various bits of my skill set for this particular position. We'll see what happens next.
Also, I should hopefully get a call tomorrow from one of Paul's former freelancing clients in regards to me doing some freelance web work for the site Paul set up for them.
If I actually start working again soon, I may have to cut my daily quota to 500 words. However, I can't honestly say I'd have a problem with that.
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Date: 2003-02-25 09:19 am (UTC)However, yes, that is a Very good reason to change your limits!
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Date: 2003-02-25 10:29 am (UTC)But well hey. Volt seems solid enough. AND they have established benefits for their employees. The chick I spoke to asked me what my target pay range was, and I told her 25-30 an hour. She sounded slightly dubious about getting me 25 but then asserted she could probably get that. Personally, I think a PM position, even a PM position masquering as a tester job, is worth 30 bucks an hour... but since I don't have any actual PM experience I could live with 25. Especially when I also have BENEFITS. That's so much better than what I was making from Nexinfo that it's not even funny. :P :)
Until then, though, gotta write!