I’ve Landed

Back in mid-July, I learned I was being laid off.

Thus began a furious job search, seemingly endless permutations of my resume, numerous phone and in-person interviews, and even a full-blown final presentation. I even, early on, turned down a job offer because I had two far more interesting opportunities in play.

The process was slow, tedious, and at times infuriating, but yesterday, I accepted a job offer for an awesome position at a really exciting company. With a nice little bump in pay, to boot!

I start next Wednesday, and to celebrate, I decided to splurge on some armor kits I’ve had my eye on:

Not sure when I’ll get to them, but with a move coming up shortly, I’m planning to pull out one and maybe more armor kits to work on while the bench gets broken down and packed away. Figure I can work on the construction with a pretty minimal selection of supplies…

Doogs

Hi there. Name’s Matt. Or Doogs, if you prefer. Since this is an About page, let’s get straight to it. I’m 30. Married. Father to an adorable little boy, beautiful baby girl, and four dogs. During the day, I’m an associate creative director at a social media agency in Austin, TX. In my free time (such as it is), I write. Or wrote. Or try to write. Historical fiction, mostly. It’s a nice contrast to the digital content and social media strategeriness that I live with every day. I also get all interested in cars, photography, technology, politics, history, movies, and knitting. Actually, scratch that last. I can barely tie yarn in a knot.

This Post Has 4 Comments

  1. waikong's avatar
    waikong

    congrats on your new job!

  2. keith rudzik's avatar
    keith rudzik

    Just adding to the plethora of congrats I’m sure you’re receiving on the new job [ & a pay bump to boot ].Further,good luck on moving.Having done it a 1/2 dozen times during my “Corps” years,then another 7-8 times since,you have my empathy.The excitement of a new domicile soon fades in a flurry of missplaced important items [ modelling stuff,being on top of course ].But ,it’s all survivable,eventually. Best wishes, keith r.

  3. pepper's avatar
    pepper

    Woo Hoo, Doogs !! … Congatulations on your good fortune … look forward to hearing how you like the new job and new digs once you get your feet back on the ground …

    pepper

  4. Bob's avatar
    Bob

    Congratulations on the new job. Really good news…and nice kits, btw.

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