That's how long I've been unemployed. Longest time I've ever been unemployed since graduating high school in 05....and it f***ing SUCKS! Just barely scraping by with my meager savings and *ugh* unemployment benefits...not a fun time, let me tell you.
But that's about to change. I finally got a job!
Service Desk Administrator for the North American branch of a company that provides broadband service on public transportation (trains, etc). Pretty neat tech, actually; here's a good article about their stuff.
http://www.dailywireless.org/2011/02...ak-nationwide/
Not exactly the most exciting job, but the company sounds interesting and the people I've met so far have been pretty cool. Plus, I got all three things I was originally looking for:
1) Get out of the defense sector. (F*** YEAH! Really excited about that one!)
2) Make at least what I was making before I got laid off. (Offer was for ~7% more.)
3) Not terribly far away. (~30 minute drive in good traffic.)
Plus, as it happens, it's literally just 1/2 mile down the road from the local branch of Pheonix University, where I'm going to be finishing my Bachelor's degree once I have a little in savings again.
Ok, that's all for now. I just wanted to celebrate for a while. Back to painting now..