Report for Duty, 1400 Zulu!

No, I haven't joined the military. But I did get a job!

Surprise of surprises, I had 3 interviews in a row, and received 3 job offers. To top it off, all 3 job offers were higher than my highest expected salary, and 2 of them offered overtime compensation. Other than that, the 3 jobs were more or less competitive in benefits. One job was in Pulaski, TN (I would have lived in Columbia, TN), and the others were in Huntsville. Long story short, I picked one of the Huntsville jobs, which coincidentally was both the highest paying and the smallest in size (seriously, that was a coincidence, as the salaries were close enough to each other).

So I now work for Invariant Corporation in Huntsville. I chose them because what they do sounded way cooler than what the other 2 companies were working on. Also, I just decided that there were so many opportunities for technical jobs in Huntsville, it was just time to move on. That, and my job is going to be really nerdy 8-)

Of course, Emily (my wife) had a huge say in this. Her reaction was completely different from what I expected, though, so the decision to go to Huntsville came fairly naturally. The decision was still really hard to make, and the representative from the Pulaski job sounded almost heartbroken on the phone. All 3 companies were great places, but I decided to go with the smaller guys with the cool, scientific work. Plus, small size usually means greater risk, but greater possibilities.

Anyway, wish me luck! Mostly, wish me luck in finding a place to rent. I'd like to go ahead and get settled in Huntsville so I can concentrate on my career.