Learning on the Job (Hunt).

For those of you not following me on any of the various social media sites I frequent... (see the sidebar to the right, and come say Hello! :-) ) ...I finally managed to end my job search. Not only did I get a position that offers decent benefits and training, but it's also 5 minutes from my house, cutting my daily commute time, not to mention gas usage, to a fraction.  That's a lot better than some of the positions I was looking at, which were over 3 hours away. Not that I had anything against relocating, I just wasn't exactly looking forward to it. :-)

Now that's not to say that I didn't learn several things from the interview process. I interviewed with several recruiters, managers, techies, and HR folks, and in each case, I learned something new. So much so within the last year or so, I'm thinking of putting a presentation together on it. (Along with a few other presentation ideas I have, both SQL and non-SQL related.) Sometimes teaching is the best way to learn.

In the end, while I'm not happy that my career plans of 6 months ago worked out as intended, I'm glad I had the experience. As DBAs, learning is what we do, and there's a lot to be learned from adversity.

Thanks for reading.
-David.