I woke up this morning thinking about pre-natal vitamins. What the hell? Bad brain. BAD!
I finally heard back from one of the jobs I had interviewed for yesterday, and I did not get it. It sucks more than usual, because I had a really good interview with them and I felt really positive about it all. Unfortunately, they decided to promote from within and gave a current employee the position instead of bringing in someone awesome, ie: me. Their loss, I suppose.
I’m a little angry about it all, though. Yes, not getting the job sucks – however, they’ve known since Monday that they decided to keep it in the family and I had to call THEM to find this out. I’ve been anxiously waiting by the phone and email since day one, and they didn’t even have the courtesy to tell me until I hunted them down (literally, I had no contact information) and asked for an update. That’s three and a half extra days of worry I really, really could have lived without. Not cool.
So, I’m left waiting to hear back from interview one (4 weeks, 1 day and counting!) and the flicker of hope is fading daily. I do have another interview lined up for Monday that sounds promising – here’s hoping something good comes my way soon, because we’re running out of money and I’m getting scared.
Oh, and I’ve given up on working in the video game industry. I tried for four months straight and got exactly 1.3 nibbles that resulted in two “thanks but no thanks” – it was a nice idea, but I need a job and the statute of limitations on “follow your dream” has officially run out.
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Um, don’t give up Kimli. My husband looked for a job for TWO YEARS and it was not even in a hard to break into field, like video games is. (He’s an engineer- not even a fancy, specialized one.) Four months is nothing. Look for something else for now, but keep looking for gaming jobs, if that’s what you want to do. It may take awhile, but you will eventually get there. Four months is a drop in the bucket.
Also- read the Anti 9 to 5 Guide by Michelle Goodman. She gives awesome advice about breaking into new fields.
Sorry you’re feeling so sucky. Looking for jobs, no matter what type, is soul sucking.
The video game industry takes a long time to get into. 4 months won’t happen unless you get extremely lucky. Adam worked for a long time to get in. Hell the interview process took 4 months. One of the mod guys that got hired applied a year ago and is starting next month, the other is waiting for the last 3 months for the flight info on his fly in interview that secures his position. And no they aren’t even thinking of hiring someone else, it just takes a while for all that stuff to work out. I don’t think you should give up necessarily, but as in my last comment, I think there are things you can do in the mean time that get you towards that direction even if you do have to get a job in a different field to make ends meet.