update
so yesterday was one of the most stressful days i've ever had to deal with
there's been rumblings around the office for a while that they might move support to india
and all the signs kind of pointed that way
so at 930, we see all the managers headed to the directors office
a few of us were worried
when they got out they were walking down the isles, tapping ppl on the shoulders
and thats when the bombs hit.
they've decided to move all of their support to india
apparently they can employ 4 techs for the cost of one of us canadians
so what that means for me.. basically june 01 i won't have a job.
though i'm very angry, i'm trying to stay positive and productive
i've needed a change for a while now so this might be the oppourtunity
support bores the shit out of me
its not that its hard, or customers are dumb or anything
i just don't find this even remotely challenging
there's 2 avenues kinda.. directly open from support here
one is called a TAM (technical account manager) and basically a high profile customer would pay adobe a HUGE amount of money to only speak with one person
kinda like dedicated support
the 2nd is a sales engineer
basically pre-sales support.. would require more travelling but that might be OK
there's a bit of a training aspect with it that might be fun too
what i'd really like to do is maybe move into event management or something similar?
with promoting shows.. i really like coordinating things
but the market for that in ottawa is kind of.. iffy?
(i wouldn't do metal shows full time.. but i also don't want to be that guy who runs your companies xmas party.. y'know?)
but with me buying a condo.. going back to school isn't really an option right now
but mostly out of all of this i'm pretty angry and i have to deal with that
this job wasn't the role that i was 'sold' when i took it
i'm pretty much front line helpdesk support thats paid very well
shit - i totally don't blame them
but they are also not getting the full use out of our skills here
so thats where i'm at
i have pretty much till may to prove myself and figure out what i want
come may the job search will start hardcore (i really want to stay w/adobe.. just get out of support).
i'm going to try and reduce spending
which means no motorcycle safety course in the spring
i'm going to bank my vacation days (get paid out at the very end)
i'm going to try and save up a bit of a 'buffer' fund, just in case
i get 2 months severence, which is a lot of time to find a job
but you never know and this shit kinda freaks me out
so yeah
thats where i'm at
its bad, but it could be worse
there's been rumblings around the office for a while that they might move support to india
and all the signs kind of pointed that way
so at 930, we see all the managers headed to the directors office
a few of us were worried
when they got out they were walking down the isles, tapping ppl on the shoulders
and thats when the bombs hit.
they've decided to move all of their support to india
apparently they can employ 4 techs for the cost of one of us canadians
so what that means for me.. basically june 01 i won't have a job.
though i'm very angry, i'm trying to stay positive and productive
i've needed a change for a while now so this might be the oppourtunity
support bores the shit out of me
its not that its hard, or customers are dumb or anything
i just don't find this even remotely challenging
there's 2 avenues kinda.. directly open from support here
one is called a TAM (technical account manager) and basically a high profile customer would pay adobe a HUGE amount of money to only speak with one person
kinda like dedicated support
the 2nd is a sales engineer
basically pre-sales support.. would require more travelling but that might be OK
there's a bit of a training aspect with it that might be fun too
what i'd really like to do is maybe move into event management or something similar?
with promoting shows.. i really like coordinating things
but the market for that in ottawa is kind of.. iffy?
(i wouldn't do metal shows full time.. but i also don't want to be that guy who runs your companies xmas party.. y'know?)
but with me buying a condo.. going back to school isn't really an option right now
but mostly out of all of this i'm pretty angry and i have to deal with that
this job wasn't the role that i was 'sold' when i took it
i'm pretty much front line helpdesk support thats paid very well
shit - i totally don't blame them
but they are also not getting the full use out of our skills here
so thats where i'm at
i have pretty much till may to prove myself and figure out what i want
come may the job search will start hardcore (i really want to stay w/adobe.. just get out of support).
i'm going to try and reduce spending
which means no motorcycle safety course in the spring
i'm going to bank my vacation days (get paid out at the very end)
i'm going to try and save up a bit of a 'buffer' fund, just in case
i get 2 months severence, which is a lot of time to find a job
but you never know and this shit kinda freaks me out
so yeah
thats where i'm at
its bad, but it could be worse