I guess a bunch of people saw this on fb, and I'm kind of afraid to even say it, much less type it, but I have a job.
It ain't permanent and the benefits suck, and it's widely regarded as bottom-of-the-barrel mindless drone work, but I have a job. For close to a year, if all goes well.
I personally don't regard as crap work, because I'm interested in building a career in the field (legal doc. review, long term interest in coordinating/managing discovery and related legal doc/project management stuff) and need more experience at the ground floor to support all the other things I'm working on towards making a real living at it. And it's limited to 40 hours a week, which is awfully nice, considering the kids and all.
It starts next week. I'm nervous. After all, about a month ago I had a temp job lined up, albeit a much shorter one with lower pay, and it was cancelled less than an hour before it was slated to begin. This one is less shaky, but I'm still awfully nervous. Especially because with kids, getting daycare and all that lined up is not cheap, and I'm borrowing money to cover it. Just like last time. Mounting debt is so much fun....
But, this one is very unlikely to be randomly cancelled, whereas I knew the last one was likely to settle at some point.
