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December 18, 2005
New York -- Movin on up
As most know I've been living down in Virginia for a year and a half now. I moved down here July 2004 for a job with The Digital Realm, and then in September 2004 when that didn't work out I moved on to Verint, also based in Virginia. I started out in an apartment in Alexandria and moved in with hypervoid in Fairfax almost a year ago to cut costs on rent. When we leased here we knew they were probably going to turn the place over to condos and we would only be able to stay here a year and sure enough, thats what happened. So, my lease was due to end at the end of December, and I was all ready to move to another apartment in Fairfax when Monday the 5th rolls around. I get a call from my boss in the afternoon asking how my apartment search was coming, and then when I told him I hadn't signed a lease yet, how I felt about moving to New York. He told me that they were looking to hire some more people in their tier two department up there and he thought I'd be a good canidate. I told him Monday I'd think about it a bit and get back to him. Wednesday the 7th I flew up to NY to meet with the person who would then be my manager and some of the other guys I'd be working with. Everything seemed cool but of course I couldn't make a decision until I got some sort of figure on what the raise would be as the cost of living in NY is quite a bit higher then in Northen Virginia. I fly back Wednesday night and Thursday the 8th I get a call saying that they do want to offer me the position and they give me a dollar figure. I tell my manager-to-be that I'll have to think about it and play around with the numbers a bit, trying to figure out exactly what the cost of living WOULD be and I'd get back to him by Monday. So I do exactly that. I scoured apartment sites looking at prices and by Sunday night I come up with a counter offer request and submit it to the NY office. Wednesday the 14th they get back to me with a counter-counter offer (or whatever it would be called) that is very close to what I requested. I think about it for another day, request to get the offer in writing on Thursday, and Friday I accept! So that’s the long winded explanation of the title of this entry. =] I'm going to be moving to Long Island, NY at the end of the month (still have to find a place to live!!!!), continue with Verint, and receive a nice promotion. =] Comments
Great news Mr. Pearsall! What are you doing for New Years? I'm going to be in the city with some friends, I'd love to catch up. Posted by: siokaos on December 20, 2005 02:58 AMYay! Jay is coming to the City (well Long Island, close enough). Posted by: Marf on December 20, 2005 12:34 PMCongrats! Hope we'll be able to hang out more often now =) Posted by: bitprophet on December 21, 2005 04:34 PMuC0tXp Thank you Post a comment
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