So....Um....Well....
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- jevad
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After over a year of waiting for their hiring freeze to be over the FBI has finally gotten back to my wife about getting an interview. She's worked with them before but this would be a full time gig.
Very cool - as this has been her life long ambition - except for one thing.
Chances are we would have to move. And that would be to either:
San Diego
San Francisco
Seattle
New York
Virginia (DC)
HawaiiI am super double stoked for her as I know the interview process is purely to dot the I's and cross the T's...but at the same time we were just starting to settle down after everything that has been going on recently and I've just landed my dream job. So I feel a little put out.
As far as where we would be relocated to - we have to do something like make a top 10 list of cities, and you more often than not get one of your top 3.
If she did land the job it's unlikely we would be moving before 6 months at the very least.
I'm quite confused really.
What would your top 3 cities be?
- agentfour0
top 3 anywhere or outta those cities?
- jevad0
outta those cities I think
- D_Dot0
1. Seattle
2. Hawaii
3. New Yowk
- ArtDirector0
NYC might be good as there's more design opportunities, but I wouldn't recommend raising a family here. Housing is too high, and the public school system for the most part is terrible. It's also overcrowded, and traffic is always congested.
- toe_knee0
New York (only 6 hours to london)
San Francisco
Seattle
- jevad0
san diego would be ace cos of the beaches and surfing - but i know nothing of the city. san fran would be cool because its an awesome city and we both have several friends there - but its expensive. and seattle would be ok too - but the weather is supposed to be lame...
- agentfour0
umm
1) NY
2) Hawaii (thats Maui)
3) FriscoBut i havent been to any of the others so im a little bias. If you dont surf dont bother with hawaaii. Ive heard seattle is cool, and its clise to BC so theres snow mountains. And i like vancouver too.
Tough descision. Im gonna be having the exact same dilemma in about a year most likely.
- jevad0
east coast would be cool because its closer to london. west coast is closer to hong kong though
too many variables!!!
- mg330
bring me up to speed, my friend, I thought you were getting divorced...
- 2cents0
Hawaii
Seattle
San Fran
- tehgee0
i think you would love hawaii :)
best luck my friend
- jevad0
I love hawaii...it would be frickin sweet to live there...but limited career choices I guess.
I think i would try to convince my current work that it would be easy enough for me to still work for them wherever I was in the country - anyone ever been in a position like that before?
- jevad0
bring me up to speed, my friend, I thought you were getting divorced...
mg33
(Jul 17 05, 21:29)At one point - it seemed inevitable
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- 2cents0
i tried that when i moved from toronto to whistler jevad... they didn't go for it... i had an amazing relationship with them an all but they wanted me in the office... told me i had a job waiting anytime i decided to come back.
- jevad0
what was their reasoning? what could you achieve in the office that couldn't be achieved via conference calls and you working from wherever?
- 2cents0
nothing in my opinion, but they didn't see it that way... i think it came down to personal preference of having me onsite to call upon at a moments notice... personally feel the same as you in that my job can be done remotely with ease.
on another note... i wouldn't stress too much, you will find something in your new habitat... things will always work out, specially when you have skills and talent like yourself.
- F_180
san diego
seattle
new york
- jevad0
thanks man
I'm just freaking out a little bit about it all
too much too soon after everything thats happened recently
- jevad0
F_18 what's SD like? Big city? Culture? Laid back? Expensive?
- toe_knee0
fresh start could be just what you need.
re: offsite work. i thought it was viable too but we work with contractors and it doesnt go smoothly. Contractors take weird lunch breaks, sleep in, some only work night so fast turnaround is imposible. Also talking to them on the phone all the time is hard to get points across. and getting them to do 'a quick job' takes forever.
But again, its the small few who abuse offsite are the few who have ruined it for most