This was supposed to go up yesterday, but then life happened. Whoops!
I’m trapped in a Jiffy Lube waiting for my oil to be changed. The TV was an endless infomercial for a tai chi DVD set aimed at the elderly, with lots of dramatic recreations of falls. Dick van Dyke showed up at one point. Now it’s golf, and that is sadly way more interesting.
Anyway, perfect atmosphere to make a blog post. Especially one about job searching. Obviously.
Editor’s note: Reminder that you can hire me for all sorts of things, from copyediting to tech support!
Google Interviewing
I had what felt like a pretty successful second technical interview with Google about two and a half weeks ago. I’m waiting on pins and needles for them to get back to me, because I do think I would like that job. Plus, I know I’m going to hear back either way. Still, money’s looking like it’s going to get tight relatively soon here, which is ratcheting up the stress level. So that’s fun.
Great job if I can get it! But I’m running out of time to have that interview process be my primary focus.
Freelance Writing?
While casting around for something to do, I’ve been bitten by the freelance writing bug again. Which never really stopped, except now it’s aimed a different direction. I’m looking at doing freelance games coverage, although I’ve gotten nervous about where to start. It looks like what people mostly need are features or unique insights into a game, not reviews or breaking news. Which is actually kind of great, because that’s much easier to do as a freelancer.
I’m hoping to start pitching some stuff in the next week. I’m worried that the games I want to talk about are in that span of time that’s considered old, but not retro. (For example, Fallout 4 and Shadow of Mordor.) Still, it’s worth a shot, right?
I’ve also been considering general freelance writing, but I’m struggling with finding enough places to pitch to. I know lots of people do it, so it’s obviously possible. I just need to take the time to build up my rolodex, I suppose. I would also happily take suggestions, if you happen to have them!
Applications Time
I need to start sending out other applications. I know this. It’s stressful, especially with depression dogging me pretty hard lately. I think if I put my volunteering with the WTBBL, that’ll cover the gap since my contract ended nicely. I’ve gotten some new skills from it, too, like lots more practice at technical writing. So I don’t think I’m completely screwed. But the last set of job applications had, like, a 2% positive response rate. (That might be a little low, but not by much.) Not exactly encouraging.
But I gotta eat, and that means earning money, which under capitalism means finding a job, which means applications. Unless anyone wants to be my rich patron? I promise I’ll write very flattering pieces about you. XP
And that’s about it for now. Being in such a liminal space in my life has been strange, and I’m ready to get out of it. Now I just have to hope the world is ready to cooperate.
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