what to do what to do

[jssangel]

Ok - I have a decision to make - and I said to myself, "Self," I said, "What if I have a bunch of perfect strangers make it for me?"

Fortunately, I know a group of very nearly perfect strangers

Comments

[thepouncer]

If your reputation would be harmed by taking this job and delivering (thanks to the person who couldn't get herself together) a sub-par product, then you should avoid it at all costs. Have you worked with her before? Do you know anybody who has? If this is a common pattern and she consistently *doesn't* get herself together, then you're far better off temping.

I don't know how you like to work. If high-pressure situations and last-minute deadlines and craziness are your thing (presumably for the satisfaction of the final product?), and if your contact will follow your advice, then taking the position seems better. I just know I've worked with people who can't get me what I need to do my job and it's incredibly frustrating.

Best of luck with whatever you decide (and don't you wish Ronon was here to look at it all with a raised eyebrow of amusement and drag you back to Atlantis for the summer? That's what I'd love to be doing. *sigh*)

[jssangel]

If your reputation would be harmed by taking this job and delivering (thanks to the person who couldn't get herself together) a sub-par product, then you should avoid it at all costs.

This is the thing I am most stressed out about.

The problem is, turning the fancy company down could damage my reputation as well. I've been trying to get them to hire me for three years, so saying "no" when they finally pony up would be quite weird.

Esp. because the head of the company PICKED this project. So saying that the project isn't in good enough shape, or that my partner might do substandard work would be tantamount to personally insulting the most important person in the group.

Best of luck with whatever you decide (and don't you wish Ronon was here to look at it all with a raised eyebrow of amusement and drag you back to Atlantis for the summer? That's what I'd love to be doing. *sigh*)Thank you for the advice and good wishes! And you earn a thank-you ficlet in response! I started writing "thank-yous" yesterday, and they ended up all in a

Reputation, Part 2

[jssangel]

(this picks up at the end of the "thank you ficlet" I wrote for [info]neery, because she talked about Reputation in her advice too. Hers is Here

Re: Reputation, Part 3

[jssangel]

She kissed him

yah

[jssangel]

if you don't get satisfactory answers, or you get a rosy overly optimistic out look from the person you're asking, go for the temp job.

Yeah - it's all about how much I can trust her assessment of the situation, or her promises for the future, when the work done in the past hasn't been good.

This is good advice! You get a ficlet in thanks!

Yesterday, when I finally got back to the computer, I started replying to the advice I got, and writing "thank you fics" and they all sort of ended up in a line. Your's is going to be the last in the thank-you-story-line. It should be up this afternoon!

Knowledge of Misery

[jssangel]

(This follows the above Comment-Fics Reputation 1,2 & 3There was a week between Winterfair and the end of Ronon's First Training. Kell didn't speak to him. Galen didn't look him in the eye

Re: Knowledge of Misery

[anonymous]

PS - I'm sorry your fic is so angsty! You gave me good advice and I gave you angst!

It turns out it does need a conclusion, where Ronon talks to Kell and/or does whatever he does. I'll put that in a real post soon.

[glendaglamazon]

I happen to know what miracles you can wring from some of the most dire situations, so if the big deal people are a sufficiently BIG DEAL for you to put up with to further your flying buttresshood, perhaps it would be worth the angst and strife and pain and heartache (not to mention the inevitable head full of snot)? Because no project for the summer? That would fall into the category of BAD IDEA for Jssangel. Of course, you would find another project very quickly, because your talents cannot sit on a shelf, and no one would allow them to.

Also? You must see me when you come back! I now live a mere 10-15 minute subway ride from you! Yay!

Strife and heartache

[jssangel]

Because no project for the summer? That would fall into the category of BAD IDEA for Jssangel.

Ahhh - you know me so well.

I wonder if at any time in my adult life I will reach a point where a) I don't get a head full of snot when I finish something, and b)I'm not sucidally depressed when I don't get another job immediately. You'd think I'd be used to to the rhythm of my life by now.

In other news -
I haven't got an email from you about lunch yet. 1:00 will be tough for me today, but can we plan to do it Monday?

Also - I have been writing SGA ficlets as thank you notes to all those who gave advice, but it seems to me that that would be a mean thing to do to you. So I guess I'll just have to find a different way to say thank you...

Re: Strife and heartache

[glendaglamazon]

They are actually making me work this morning, the heathens. Monday would be perfecto, and I will be in touch via phone or e-mail on that morning.

In the meantime, I shall plot my thank you demands.

Have a great weekend, doll, and I hope the head full of snot goes quickly.

[neery]

Before you decide, try to find out how reliable the other person is. If she's usually punctual and good, and delayed for good reasons this time, putting up with the bad gig for a few months is probably worth the long-term benefits. But only if it is really only a few months, so you can cling to the thought of "Only two (three/four?) more months, and it will be over, and I will have more money and more reputation -- it is NOT THAT LONG

that's the thing

[jssangel]

But think also about what would make you less unhappy. There are few things that are worth being absolutely miserable for months, so if either the temp work or the bad gig would do that to you, I'd say screw it, choose the other option.

See that's the problem - really the whole root of the discussion. It probably wouldn't kill me career-wise not to have a good gig this summer. I can always do some development work on my own, and little things always seem to pop up just when I think I have nothing to do. BUT I invariably get terribly depressed when I don't have a real job. It's a bit dysfunctional, actually - and maybe an arguement could be made for me DELIBERATELY taking the summer off, just to force myself to realize that it's not the end of the world...but -

Well. I've been trying to get these people to hire me for three years. So it also feels a bit stupid to turn them down when they finally pony up.

Ficlet for you in my next comment (in thanks) - it will probably take about an hour!

Reputation

[jssangel]

Sergeant Galen had a reputation for being stern and fair. He followed regulations to the letter. He was intelligent, deadly in the field and had a deft hand with new recruits

Re: Reputation

[jssangel]

Hmm-

I ran up agaist the character limit in this one, which says something about my definition of ficlet. Part two will have to wait for tomorrow, and will, perhaps, appear in reply to thepouncer's kind advice, since she addressed the subject of reputation as well.

[_minxy_]

Making this decision comes down to two things: there is potential in the high-profile gig, where there isn't any in the office temping (been there, done that) and you can stipulate aspects of the project before you take it on

true!

[jssangel]

Making this decision comes down to two things: there is potential in the high-profile gig, where there isn't any in the office temping (been there, done that) and you can stipulate aspects of the project before you take it on

Re: true!

[_minxy_]

No hurry, no rush, no obligations; I just like the idea, and if it takes root in your head then hurrah! Working it into other snippets or giving a hat tip are all perfectly happy alternatives. Hoooooooray!

Disappointment sucks, doesn't it? And red flags like those are not to be ignored if your instincts are telling you that you won't be supported. The caveats right off the bat are to ensure that none are needed later on. If you feel like it's just the tip of the iceberg and will set a precedent for how they'll interact with you from now on? Red flag. Something to consider if you'll need things from them in an ongoing way; if you'll be working more or less independently, then it might not be a big deal at all.