J-O-B

Hi all, I got a job and a really great one! Starting June 9, I will be the new Principal Visual Designer at Informatica in Redwood City. The only one who is not excited is my son Jack, who is back to school this week. Oh, well we all have to go to work & school eventually.

Getting dumped all over again.

Lately, I have been watching my inbox like a lovesick girl with a serious crush. You know what I am talking about, it's not about phone calls anymore, it's about "Has he/she emailed me today?" "Why no IM with cute little emoticons".  Well, I am not looking for love, but I am looking for a job. Where's the love gone?

Since Feb, I have been on the hunt for a new position. Every since my dearly beloved start-up, shut-down (well sort of, that's another story). Anyhow, here is the situation and maybe someone reading this can relate, I do get calls and I do get interviews, but then I get dumped like a high school girl. You know the relationship, the one where your boyfriend found someone more interesting but didn't have the guts to tell you. Ok, well maybe I have wounds from the past, but hey I am not new the job market, but what is new is the whole lack of communication. If I had a dollar for every random recruiter who has called me in the last four months saying "I have the perfect position for you" and then never hearing from them again, I wouldn't need to look for a job. 

Ok, so this brings me back to my point that job hunting is like that new relationship. You get all excited about the prospect of being with someone only to have your hope's dashed when they don't email. What's a girl to do but say "They weren't your type anyway!" I will keep you posted on the job situation.

- V

Amazon.com - Sometimes too fast.

Amazon.com has been great at always coming up with ways for enabling users to quickly and easily purchase products. I like it, it's painless–no forms to fill out, no credit card numbers to enter, no security codes to find. Amazon likes it, they don't give you much time to re-think your purchase. However it all backfired on me the other day. 

I wanted to purchase the book "Sense: The Art and Science of Creating Lasting Brands" by Lippincott Mercer. Check it out here: http://www.lippincott.com/insights/talking_sense.shtml

I am not really sure what happened but I think I clicked on the "Add to Shopping Cart" but then I got a "Thank You" for purchasing message. Well, hmm, I thought ok fine no problem, done deal. But 2 days later I received an email from the 3rd party vendor confirming that they had shipped the order - however they shipped it to the last shipping address I had used on Amazon which happened to be my friends who just got married (I had bought them a wedding present). So they got the book, I didn't. It seems to be a small UI oversight in the one-click checkout. I went back and now the address book was set up as one-click settings, I am still trying to figure out how to change the priority of the addresses. 

Feeling the Peer Pressure

Ok, I am feeling the pressure to start a blog. Why? I don't really feel like I am one of those band wagon types and I don't feel like I need validation by having others read what I write, but whatever the case I thought I would give it a go. Maybe I can impart some tidbits of information onto those who may find it useful (that is if anyone reads my blog) or perhaps I can release incessant thoughts from my thinking mind (no doubt humorous) or perhaps I will just post delightful imagery or poems. Who knows, I will just see how it goes. 

A word of warning too, I fear I am a horrible, well that's a bit extreme, maybe not so great writer, so if anyone ever has any syntax, grammar or editing comments please share as I am always looking to improve. Maybe that's what my blog could be about - working on my writing skills.

Well, talk to you soon - Victoria