Things tend to happen in odd ways. The past three weeks have been one long drawn out party with my old friends. It was much needed. I’ve become pretty content with not working. Financially, I’m not in any immediate trouble due to a healthy nest egg from being uber-frugal, the assistance from unemployment, and my low cost lifestyle. I decided to take this time to think about what I really want to do with my life, and if working an 8-5 job is the right lifestyle for me. I still haven’t decided what the best course to follow is, but I know that 8-10 hour workdays just aren’t for me. I need flexibility. I’m a quick and diligent worker, and logging a 10 hour day, when I could probably pop off my entire days workload in a few hours is nonsense. I’m going to try my hand at developing some passive income streams to supplement my lifestyle. If I am able to develop enough alternate income, then I see no reason to go back to work, and can pursue my real interest, which is starting a legitimate business. As I mentioned in a previous post, these alternate income streams will flow hopefully from affiliate marketing, and the facebook application I am in the process of developing.
So as for the title of my post, sometimes things happen at odd and unexpected times in your life. Here I am content as a pig in shit for the time being. I’m studying for my graduate entrance exams, working on side projects, and going out with the guys every night like the world might run out of whiskey at the end of the week. I meet a fellow over a game of pool that works for a local defense contracting company. Sure enough he is a Sr. Software Engineer for said company and tells me to send him my resume as his boss is a fellow RIT Alum. Now I have an interview tomorrow morning for a position I wasn’t searching for. Great! It is certainly a mixed bag as far as feelings go. On the one hand, if I did happen to get the job, as far as jobs go, it is pretty fricken’ sweet. Great pay, security clearance, great benefits, relaxed workplace. On the other hand, it is a job. And I don’t like “jobs”. It would require me to relocate back to Syracuse from Jacksonville. I’m not sure if that is the best course of action for me either.
Either way, I’m really excited for the prospect, and it just shows that if I did happen to need to actively look for a position, it wouldn’t be very difficult to sniff one out. Anyway, I’m off to brush up on my C++ skills. It has been a long time since I looked at C++ code, I spend too much time in .NET!
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