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Re: Swamp Job Questions

Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2018 1:50 pm
by bfj
bfj wrote: Mon Aug 13, 2018 1:49 pm
DSafetyGuy wrote: Mon Aug 13, 2018 8:51 am
rass wrote: Mon Aug 13, 2018 6:38 am Congrats sancarlos.

I'm pretty sure I met timgod once, but I don't recall it being general Swamp knowledge that he worked for the USPS. Probably just as well, as it will give us a longer window before we run the mailman jokes into the ground.
You did meet him. He didn't start working for the USPS until after he disappeared from the Swamp.
He posts a lot on FB. Some of the food he cooks looks pretty tasty. He's a pretty good writer, I've read over some of his short stories and movie script ideas.

Congrats SC, sounds like the start to a great new adventure.

Re: Swamp Job Questions

Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2018 1:57 pm
by DaveInSeattle
Hey...I got a new gig too! I start on the tuesday after Labor Day. Gave my notice this morning, and it felt great to be able to do it a full month before I got shown the door.

Re: Swamp Job Questions

Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2018 2:20 pm
by Johnny Carwash
Great news, Dave.

Re: Swamp Job Questions

Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2018 2:26 pm
by mister d
Congrats, DiS.

Re: Swamp Job Questions

Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2018 2:32 pm
by Sabo
Well done, Dave!

Re: Swamp Job Questions

Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2018 2:48 pm
by govmentchedda
Congrats!

Re: Swamp Job Questions

Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2018 2:56 pm
by Giff
Nice!

Re: Swamp Job Questions

Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2018 2:59 pm
by rass
You guys ruined DaveFest 2018.

(congrats DiS)

Re: Swamp Job Questions

Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2018 7:25 pm
by DaveInSeattle
Thanks everyone. Pretty psyched to have it all over with.

Will be a bit of a change...I won't be in a research/lab/academic setting anymore. Will be working for a company that makes lab equipment for doing genetic sequencing type stuff.

Re: Swamp Job Questions

Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2018 7:47 pm
by sancarlos
Good job!

Re: Swamp Job Questions

Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2018 8:04 pm
by bfj
Congrats Dave!

Re: Swamp Job Questions

Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2018 8:39 pm
by brian

Re: Swamp Job Questions

Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2018 6:04 am
by Pruitt
That's great news!

Re: Swamp Job Questions

Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2018 10:05 am
by Rush2112
Good work Dave.

I was going to say if you wanted to move to Boulder we're hiring a developer. I don't think they'd make you write examples on a white board either.

Re: Swamp Job Questions

Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2018 10:15 am
by Giff
Rush2112 wrote: Tue Aug 21, 2018 10:05 am Good work Dave.

I was going to say if you wanted to move to Boulder we're hiring a developer. I don't think they'd make you write examples on a white board either.
Know of any hospitals hiring? She's applying for the communications manager at a hospital in Parker.

Re: Swamp Job Questions

Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2018 10:29 am
by BSF21
Giff wrote: Tue Aug 21, 2018 10:15 am
Rush2112 wrote: Tue Aug 21, 2018 10:05 am Good work Dave.

I was going to say if you wanted to move to Boulder we're hiring a developer. I don't think they'd make you write examples on a white board either.
Know of any hospitals hiring? She's applying for the communications manager at a hospital in Parker.
You guys thinking about leaving TX?

Re: Swamp Job Questions

Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2018 10:31 am
by Giff
BSF21 wrote: Tue Aug 21, 2018 10:29 am
Giff wrote: Tue Aug 21, 2018 10:15 am
Rush2112 wrote: Tue Aug 21, 2018 10:05 am Good work Dave.

I was going to say if you wanted to move to Boulder we're hiring a developer. I don't think they'd make you write examples on a white board either.
Know of any hospitals hiring? She's applying for the communications manager at a hospital in Parker.
You guys thinking about leaving TX?
Yup. We've long talked about moving to Colorado and this might be the right time to do it. I can most likely keep my job and work remotely if I come back to the office a week a month.

Re: Swamp Job Questions

Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2018 10:46 am
by Rush2112
What is she looking for? I have some peeps that may know of something.

Re: Swamp Job Questions

Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2018 11:02 am
by Giff
Rush2112 wrote: Tue Aug 21, 2018 10:46 am What is she looking for? I have some peeps that may know of something.
She does communications, internal and/or external.

Re: Swamp Job Questions

Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2018 11:09 am
by Rush2112
Strictly hospitals or interested in other things?

Re: Swamp Job Questions

Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2018 11:20 am
by Giff
Rush2112 wrote: Tue Aug 21, 2018 11:09 am Strictly hospitals or interested in other things?
Not strictly hospitals, but that's where she'd prefer. She's about to start her Masters in Healthcare Admin.

Re: Swamp Job Questions

Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2018 1:41 pm
by Rush2112
I know Anschutz is usually looking for people. They don't often make it out to the job sites. The CU Job List is the place to look

I've got a friend that works for Cigna and I know they are ALWAYS looking for people.

Can she do Master's remotely or thinking of enrolling here? If she can get a job at Anshutz she gets 9 free credit hours a year.

Re: Swamp Job Questions

Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2018 1:47 pm
by A_B
Rush2112 wrote: Tue Aug 21, 2018 1:41 pm I know Anschutz is usually looking for people. They don't often make it out to the job sites. The CU Job List is the place to look

I've got a friend that works for Cigna and I know they are ALWAYS looking for people.

Can she do Master's remotely or thinking of enrolling here? If she can get a job at Anshutz she gets 9 free credit hours a year.

You know, if you read this too fast like I did, it has a different meaning.

Re: Swamp Job Questions

Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2018 1:57 pm
by Giff
Rush2112 wrote: Tue Aug 21, 2018 1:41 pm I know Anschutz is usually looking for people. They don't often make it out to the job sites. The CU Job List is the place to look

I've got a friend that works for Cigna and I know they are ALWAYS looking for people.

Can she do Master's remotely or thinking of enrolling here? If she can get a job at Anshutz she gets 9 free credit hours a year.
Awesome thanks! I know she was looking at Anschutz.

She just got an interview with a big hospital here being interviewed by a guy who she replaced at two of her last three jobs. They've already done a background check and the job's been open for a bit. So looking good to find a job here.

Re: Swamp Job Questions

Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2018 2:34 pm
by tennbengal
A_B wrote: Tue Aug 21, 2018 1:47 pm
Rush2112 wrote: Tue Aug 21, 2018 1:41 pm I know Anschutz is usually looking for people. They don't often make it out to the job sites. The CU Job List is the place to look

I've got a friend that works for Cigna and I know they are ALWAYS looking for people.

Can she do Master's remotely or thinking of enrolling here? If she can get a job at Anshutz she gets 9 free credit hours a year.

You know, if you read this too fast like I did, it has a different meaning.
Correct.

Re: Swamp Job Questions

Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2018 2:21 pm
by The Sybian
Giff wrote: Tue Aug 21, 2018 11:20 am
Rush2112 wrote: Tue Aug 21, 2018 11:09 am Strictly hospitals or interested in other things?
Not strictly hospitals, but that's where she'd prefer. She's about to start her Masters in Healthcare Admin.
If NJ is a consideration, let me know.

Re: Swamp Job Questions

Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2018 4:51 pm
by Giff
So this Colorado thing seems to be gaining traction, but further west to Grand Junction. Rush shared a jobs site with me and the wife immediately found a job there that pays close to the same to what she was making here. We're both extremely excited about the thought of just packing up and moving the fuck out of here. We both want to slow our pace of life down and looking for a place with some sort of notion of seasons. Just checking the drive times to see my sister in Cali, my niece in Seattle or to spend a weekend in the city we were married has me so fucking pumped. Looking at the cost of living there, we could very feasibly for the first time in years be completely out of debt almost immediately upon selling our house. Especially if we rented for a year or two. The money and time we'd save by not having to spend over two hours in traffic on a daily basis would add up quickly.

We are going to take a trip up there later this week to see if we like it and she's going to call tomorrow to try and schedule an interview while we're in town. Will probably be in the Denver area Saturday-Monday.

Isbell at Red Rocks on Monday!

Re: Swamp Job Questions

Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2018 8:56 pm
by Shirley
Wow, that does sound great. Good luck!

Re: Swamp Job Questions

Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2018 9:19 pm
by mister d
I can’t tell you how badly I would have gotten that CoL conversion wrong.

Re: Swamp Job Questions

Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2018 11:07 pm
by sancarlos
I was in Grand Junction last year for my high school reunion, and I had sort of forgotten how pretty it is in western Colorado.

Re: Swamp Job Questions

Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2018 11:13 pm
by Rush2112
Glad it was a help!

Grand Junction is a tad too Trump for me, but the wife grew up in that area and loved it.

Can you telecommute / transfer or are you just gonna say F it and start that pot farm?

Re: Swamp Job Questions

Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2018 7:49 am
by Giff
Rush2112 wrote: Sun Aug 26, 2018 11:13 pm Glad it was a help!

Grand Junction is a tad too Trump for me, but the wife grew up in that area and loved it.

Can you telecommute / transfer or are you just gonna say F it and start that pot farm?
Luckily/sadly we're somewhat used to the Trump part, so that's not a big turnoff as of yet.

I can telecommute most likely which would involve spending a week a month here in Houston. Which would make leaving all my friends easier since we typically only hang out once a month these days anyway.

Re: Swamp Job Questions

Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2018 10:04 am
by sancarlos
Rush, what is your wife's hometown?

And, yes, sadly, Grand Junction is more republican than not, but there is a college there (Colorado Mesa University), so there is a bit of liberalism, too.

Re: Swamp Job Questions

Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2018 10:31 am
by Rush2112
The wife is from Hayden. More Steamboat than GJ, but still the same general mentality.

Giff if you do move there, we're hitting you up for Palisade peaches.

Re: Swamp Job Questions

Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2018 11:07 am
by Giff
Word. We'll definitely try to grab a beer this weekend. Sunday will probably the day we're in the Boulder area.

Re: Swamp Job Questions

Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2018 11:51 am
by Rush2112
odd13 and 4noses are the breweries of note.

Re: Swamp Job Questions

Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2018 12:34 pm
by The Sybian
Giff wrote: Sun Aug 26, 2018 4:51 pm So this Colorado thing seems to be gaining traction, but further west to Grand Junction. Rush shared a jobs site with me and the wife immediately found a job there that pays close to the same to what she was making here. We're both extremely excited about the thought of just packing up and moving the fuck out of here. We both want to slow our pace of life down and looking for a place with some sort of notion of seasons. Just checking the drive times to see my sister in Cali, my niece in Seattle or to spend a weekend in the city we were married has me so fucking pumped. Looking at the cost of living there, we could very feasibly for the first time in years be completely out of debt almost immediately upon selling our house. Especially if we rented for a year or two. The money and time we'd save by not having to spend over two hours in traffic on a daily basis would add up quickly.

We are going to take a trip up there later this week to see if we like it and she's going to call tomorrow to try and schedule an interview while we're in town. Will probably be in the Denver area Saturday-Monday.

Isbell at Red Rocks on Monday!
Just stick around long enough to vote for Beto!

Re: Swamp Job Questions

Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2018 1:37 pm
by GoodKarma
Rush2112 wrote: Mon Aug 27, 2018 11:51 am odd13 and 4noses are the breweries of note.
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
What he said

Re: Swamp Job Questions

Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2018 2:14 pm
by Giff
The Sybian wrote: Mon Aug 27, 2018 12:34 pm
Giff wrote: Sun Aug 26, 2018 4:51 pm So this Colorado thing seems to be gaining traction, but further west to Grand Junction. Rush shared a jobs site with me and the wife immediately found a job there that pays close to the same to what she was making here. We're both extremely excited about the thought of just packing up and moving the fuck out of here. We both want to slow our pace of life down and looking for a place with some sort of notion of seasons. Just checking the drive times to see my sister in Cali, my niece in Seattle or to spend a weekend in the city we were married has me so fucking pumped. Looking at the cost of living there, we could very feasibly for the first time in years be completely out of debt almost immediately upon selling our house. Especially if we rented for a year or two. The money and time we'd save by not having to spend over two hours in traffic on a daily basis would add up quickly.

We are going to take a trip up there later this week to see if we like it and she's going to call tomorrow to try and schedule an interview while we're in town. Will probably be in the Denver area Saturday-Monday.

Isbell at Red Rocks on Monday!
Just stick around long enough to vote for Beto!
Early voting!

Re: Swamp Job Questions

Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2018 2:35 pm
by Rush2112
Vote early, vote often!