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there's no accounting for taste
Oct. 4th, 2007 04:58 pmOr any other part of someone else's thinking, apparently.
I heard back today about the phone interview I had on Tuesday. The person I spoke with liked me. Said I had a "great personality" (I must have been well on top of my A game that day), was clearly knowledgeable and they were impressed with my experience. But they were going to decline to bring me in for an on-site interview.
It was my very candid, "no, I've been a manager, and I have no desire to go back to doing it" answer to her question about where do I see myself in the next five years that did it. I said I was looking for a position that was or would lead to being the lead or principle system admin. What they want is someone who is a technical expert to come in and help setup a data center that will be the IT group for all of their N. American companies, and then in 1-2 years, promote that person to manage the group as it grows. Yeah, good luck with that.
The recruiter I was working with on this was actually embarassed at the beginning of the phone call to tell me this. He said I was one of the best candidates on paper that he's seen in years (I've not met this guy in person, just his co-worker) and he said he told them that. He also told me he said he wasn't going to waste his time or any of his other clients sending them there and that they should get a new firm to work with. I've no way of knowing if that is true or not, but I honestly don't doubt that he did that.
Fortunately, my on-site interview yesterday went well. I have high hopes of getting a second interview, which I was told wouldn't happen until the end of next week at the earlies, as they still have a couple of other first interviews to do. I had no problem with that, and told the guy I understood his obiligation for due dilligence. The bonus part of the situation is the he had someone quit last week, so he's got two Unix admin positions to fill, so I think I have a decent shot at this. We got on well enough and he's a hands-on technical manager, so this could be a very easy job for me.
In the meantime, tomorrow I'm going to try and unload some coins and collect some cash. I've listed my digital keyboard on craigslist too:
http://nh.craigslist.org/msg/440140480.html
I attached 4 pictures to it, but for some reason they aren't displaying, so I have to follow-up about that.
I heard back today about the phone interview I had on Tuesday. The person I spoke with liked me. Said I had a "great personality" (I must have been well on top of my A game that day), was clearly knowledgeable and they were impressed with my experience. But they were going to decline to bring me in for an on-site interview.
It was my very candid, "no, I've been a manager, and I have no desire to go back to doing it" answer to her question about where do I see myself in the next five years that did it. I said I was looking for a position that was or would lead to being the lead or principle system admin. What they want is someone who is a technical expert to come in and help setup a data center that will be the IT group for all of their N. American companies, and then in 1-2 years, promote that person to manage the group as it grows. Yeah, good luck with that.
The recruiter I was working with on this was actually embarassed at the beginning of the phone call to tell me this. He said I was one of the best candidates on paper that he's seen in years (I've not met this guy in person, just his co-worker) and he said he told them that. He also told me he said he wasn't going to waste his time or any of his other clients sending them there and that they should get a new firm to work with. I've no way of knowing if that is true or not, but I honestly don't doubt that he did that.
Fortunately, my on-site interview yesterday went well. I have high hopes of getting a second interview, which I was told wouldn't happen until the end of next week at the earlies, as they still have a couple of other first interviews to do. I had no problem with that, and told the guy I understood his obiligation for due dilligence. The bonus part of the situation is the he had someone quit last week, so he's got two Unix admin positions to fill, so I think I have a decent shot at this. We got on well enough and he's a hands-on technical manager, so this could be a very easy job for me.
In the meantime, tomorrow I'm going to try and unload some coins and collect some cash. I've listed my digital keyboard on craigslist too:
http://nh.craigslist.org/msg/440140480.html
I attached 4 pictures to it, but for some reason they aren't displaying, so I have to follow-up about that.
