Job hunting in the middle of a pandemic…
Job hunting sucks to begin with.
But job hunting in the middle of a pandemic. After you’ve just moved. And purchased a home. To a place that has no real market for tech work. I was let go from my position the day our stuff arrived on the moving truck. There was a re-org. And my position had been eliminated.
All of this is pretty crappy
That all being said, I’m not freaking out like I thought I would be. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not independently wealthy. The resources are finite, and there will be a day (in the semi-distant future) that those resources are no longer available.
But we’re near family. We moved here to help out my sister-in-law. She’s got 9 kids ranging from 3 to 18. So needless to say, a couple extra hands are always welcome. Whether that be cutting the curst off of a PB&J or driving the teenagers to work. The funny thing is, I’ve found that maybe they are helping us more than we were them. There’s a little more purpose to looking for a job.
Not to say our little 3 person circus isn’t enough. I just love getting all the hugs from the nieces and nephews. Oh and it doesn’t hurt that maybe Truett’s a little jealous now, too, so I get a few more hugs from him.
Me and My Truett Sarah and Christi
All this to say. I’m not glad it happened the way it did. I’m not even glad it happened. I loved my team, and I wish I could’ve said goodbye to them. But I am so glad we’ve got a support system, and that I didn’t lose my job while we in California.
There’s a whole lot of people we miss in California. But we’re doing okay.