Psychotomy

had the interview yesterday with lockheed (the dba position through the recruiter. that contacted me in the beginning of august :o)

didn’t really ask me all that many questions. liked my resume, asked (somewhat perfunctorily i think) about what i was doing now, looked suitably interested/impressed when i told him.

told me how the team works. told me that everyone on the team is the best at what they do but the rest of the company isn’t willing to admit that to themselves yet :) i could work with this group. told me they were redoing a bunch of “crap code” that they’d gotten from the last umpteen years as the team goes through changes. crap code … i can live with a manager who understands wtf he’s talking about :)

team’s 25-35, relatively laid back. he’s a reasonably hands-off kinda manager (yay) but understands enough that he can ask useful questions (never had that before :o)

didn’t even blink at the salary i quoted when asked. of course, lockheed is freakin’ HUGE, so they probably aren’t as worried :o felt like a “i want to meet you and talk to you before hiring you” kindof meeting. and i think it went well, although i was my usual interviewing taciturn self :/ don’t want to come off babbling, so i end up saying too little. tried to interact some though, so hopefully i came off OK (only 20% face time, rather than the team average of 50%, so my skills may carry me past my interpersonal skills)

said he plans to make his choice by monday, so here’s hoping! … then i just have to figure out how to make the 1.5hr commute NOT SUCK …

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