Oh, I guess you don't read my LJ. I live in San Francisco now and work at Dolby Labs. The 3.8 years I'm referring to were at Cal Poly, SLO. I started work up here in August.
Basically, I was Mr. Everything in the department I was working in at Cal Poly. As much as I liked the variety in my work, I was spending a great deal of time on innane admin shit like you describe. I was getting sick of my work scene, and sick of San Luis Obispo, and I wanted out.
I had actually decided, even before I had moved to SLO, that I would only live and work there for three years. Lam agreed. Neither of us wanted to "settle down" in that area. It was a temporary thing, but it paid a lot and we were in debt. When those three years were up, my anxiety and lonliness hit a peak. In the years living down there we'd hardly made any friends. It was time to go. I started job hunting in November of 2004, exactly three years after I started at Cal Poly.
My job search began in Portland. I actively applied for over 30 jobs in the Portland area in the following months. I chiseled and refined my resume and cover letter template over the following months in the desparation of trying to get out. Finally, in May, I interviewed for two jobs up there... and didn't get them. A crushing blow. I got desperate and widened my search to the entire country.
I had been using the job search site Indeed, because it indexes all other job search sites and allows for a long, complex search string. Eventually my search string got too long for their page, so I had to make my own form without a limit. I had been searching for jobs similar to the one I already had. Mostly at colleges/universities, and mostly computer, AV, electronics type positions. Then I realized: If I want out of my current job, why would I look for another similar one?
I rewrote my search string to be for audio, video, technician, etc type stuff at places that included schools, but also companies with words like labs, research, advanced, etc in their names. The first result was for a "Post Production Studio Technician" at Dolby Laboratories in San Francisco. Reading the job description, I figured I'd have at least an OK chance at it, so I applied. I checked out their site and noticed two more jobs I qualified for, so I applied for those, too. That was at about midnight, Sunday night.
The very next morning I get a phone call to schedule an initial "screening" phone interview, which leads to a real phone interview with my potential boss, which leads to an in-person interview at Dolby, and the job I have now. While it is not an ideal job, I'm in a much better environment and I'm working for a company that treats its employees right.
Go for it. Get out. Move on. It takes work, and god damn does it take time, but it is worth it. Find a better job. You're a smart guy with plenty of skills and experience. You can find something you don't hate.
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Basically, I was Mr. Everything in the department I was working in at Cal Poly. As much as I liked the variety in my work, I was spending a great deal of time on innane admin shit like you describe. I was getting sick of my work scene, and sick of San Luis Obispo, and I wanted out.
I had actually decided, even before I had moved to SLO, that I would only live and work there for three years. Lam agreed. Neither of us wanted to "settle down" in that area. It was a temporary thing, but it paid a lot and we were in debt. When those three years were up, my anxiety and lonliness hit a peak. In the years living down there we'd hardly made any friends. It was time to go. I started job hunting in November of 2004, exactly three years after I started at Cal Poly.
My job search began in Portland. I actively applied for over 30 jobs in the Portland area in the following months. I chiseled and refined my resume and cover letter template over the following months in the desparation of trying to get out. Finally, in May, I interviewed for two jobs up there... and didn't get them. A crushing blow. I got desperate and widened my search to the entire country.
I had been using the job search site Indeed, because it indexes all other job search sites and allows for a long, complex search string. Eventually my search string got too long for their page, so I had to make my own form without a limit. I had been searching for jobs similar to the one I already had. Mostly at colleges/universities, and mostly computer, AV, electronics type positions. Then I realized: If I want out of my current job, why would I look for another similar one?
I rewrote my search string to be for audio, video, technician, etc type stuff at places that included schools, but also companies with words like labs, research, advanced, etc in their names. The first result was for a "Post Production Studio Technician" at Dolby Laboratories in San Francisco. Reading the job description, I figured I'd have at least an OK chance at it, so I applied. I checked out their site and noticed two more jobs I qualified for, so I applied for those, too. That was at about midnight, Sunday night.
The very next morning I get a phone call to schedule an initial "screening" phone interview, which leads to a real phone interview with my potential boss, which leads to an in-person interview at Dolby, and the job I have now. While it is not an ideal job, I'm in a much better environment and I'm working for a company that treats its employees right.
Go for it. Get out. Move on. It takes work, and god damn does it take time, but it is worth it. Find a better job. You're a smart guy with plenty of skills and experience. You can find something you don't hate.