A Low-Paying Job In Teaching Is Exponentially Better Than Other Low-Paying Jobs

I have been quite busy with the move and some surrounding drama, so I just don’t have time for my regular long, rambly love notes (or hate notes) to myself.  But I did want to say that I am attending substitute teacher orientation tomorrow!  I still have high hopes of getting the other job I recently interviewed for, but in the meantime — or potentially in lieu of — that opportunity, this one rocks.  I will officially be getting paid to corrupt the minds of our nation’s youth. Just kidding.  Sort of.

Brief Update

I lean towards the atheistic side of agnosticism, but I relate best to the term “spiritual humanism.” That said, I quite like the sentiment of this quote:

“Be very careful if you make a woman cry, because God counts her tears. A woman came out of a man’s rib, not from his feet to be walked on. Not from his head to be superior, but from the side to be equal, under the arm to be protected, and next to the heart to be loved.”

In other news, the job interview has come and gone. I think it went well, but one can never be sure. I was there for a long-ass time and had to create a case study from raw data… on the spot. And I succeeded. I was told that I did meet their expectations, and also that I’d be hearing from them within the next couple of weeks, which was a little contradictory to me — if you want me, why wait a couple of weeks to say so? But that’s business for ya.

Still working on getting this whole moving thing orchestrated. Selling my stuff to help pay for it. I wish I could afford to hire someone to help me get packed and organized.

Pre-Interview Jitters

I just learned how to do vlookups in Excel.  Shazam!

Yes, it’s the night before my interview and I am cramming like a motherfucker.  It’s entirely likely, even probable, that this is a completely pointless exercise.  I don’t think they are going to sit me down and ask me to write a VBA dialog box.  And if they did, I wouldn’t be able to without consulting a book, the internet, or the Help function.  But understanding how it all works is key.

I am nervous.  The vast amount of information that I don’t know is terrifying to me.  Why can’t I just know everything?  And why is it that no matter how hard I try, there is more everything than I have brain capacity to remember?

I find myself wondering what kind of other candidates they are interviewing for the position.  I’m really not being an arrogant ass when I say that there aren’t many people in the world who have my type of background, because I come from a very small, clannish industry.  But there are plenty of people who understand information technology and it’s very likely that an experienced database administrator could be as qualified as I am (depending on how they make the hiring decision) — and those are a dime a dozen these days.

Ugh. I hate hate hate interviews.  I am glad to have one, but can’t wait til it’s over.