First full-time "desk job" in a decade
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Ok, update time: (b/c i know you're all on the edge of your seats)
My "two week prove yourself" working interview-ish thing i've been working on the last two weeks, could not have gone better in any way i can think of. The head honcho around here is the one who brought me onboard after a 3 hour casual conversation over dinner two Sundays ago, Started working here hours later on monday morning. Immediately got the full tour and the company is very obviously superbly run and everyone seemed happy at their positions(full two story building with many operational sections of the business) which is not what i'm used to. Had a good hour with the VP of biz dev and the Managing Partner... Then i was provided a nice 14x14 office with everything i needed but my mac.
I'm still kind of in shock to tell the truth... I've been so convinced this was not a position in life i wanted to lead again. Running my own studio and being able to work with the creatives i choose to fill in the gaps in where i knew my fortés weren't the best option for the client/budget seemed like the plan i was going to be best fit for and happiest with. The management of clients(getting them to do what i needed i.e. supply collateral, approve edits, PAY INVOICES, etc) was something i could "handle" but the stress is so far from the creative process i love that it really brought my life to a constant battle of resentments in the inefficiency.... And i felt "in charge" so i constantly doubted my ability to run things properly. I wont even start to bitch about the problems of working with other independent creatives. That is something i thought i loved. My company i poured my heart and soul into that i started in San Francisco was named "Cured Collaborative" for a reason. I love the concept of collaborative "working alone together" but i know all of the things that make it a difficult process. I would love to think if i had steve jobs luck in building the right team under him to do his bidding that my concept would be functioning and well known at this point. It was basically a "24 hour fitness for creatives". A place to all work(out) of with all the equipment and resources that even small-large business have to frequently source from outside vendors. Blah blah blah.... it didnt work i got some people under me that didnt see the vision.
Sorry for this Blog Post of a "bump" but i'm sitting waiting for approval on a bunch of files and this is the only social network i really use when i'm in work mode. I'm just super stoked to be in a place as the lone creative/marketing/production/ph... guy and all of my skill sets are being requested as the future of my employment here... Which i get to negotiate terms of later this afternoon. First contract negotiation since 2005. Kinda nervous but to stoked to really notice :)
If you read ALL THE WAY to this point... comment in a note ---> or e-mail me and ill send you one of my 16"x20" prints from the last art-show i was in b/c anyone that read this far deserves a gift in the mail!
- keep the updates coming, living vicariously through you.ArmandoEstrada
- congrats to you! you seemed stoked. what does the art print look like?cbass99
- I am curious, tooformed
- I want a print!!!! And congrats dude! You sound so happy :) I'm starting a new job on the 5th andOSFA
- oooh, did my reading finally pay off?! i want a print.johnny_wobble