That's such a true statement regarding certain circumstances in life. Especially mine at this moment. So the situation that has presented itself most recently says that I have three different jobs on three different branches each with it's own specific circumstances.
DOL: I've had the internship here since May, and it's getting ready to end September 30th. It pays over 15.00/hr but since it's coming to an end, there's not much I can do to stop that. Alternately, there's the VETS position that wasn't looking very lucrative until this morning. I just got a note that the guy wants to see me. Maybe we'll talk and find out what I can do about that.
KBR: This company has had me on hold for practically the entire summer. They started talking to me a few months ago and I've been keeping in contact with this chick Sabrina, who's been passing my resume along to the HR manager, who she claims is interested in possibly hiring me for a permanent position in their company for a junior cost executive. Starting salary at 38,000. That would be really REALLY nice at this point, but I don't know if I can trust that. I know enough in my life now to know that you can't depend on anything that looks like it's gonna go through. I mean, I thought I would making another 2,000 dollars before all this stuff went down.
GMMB: This company is the one that's presenting the most problems. There are serious pros and cons for this. It's the creative ad agency internship that I got a few weeks ago, and here's the pros:
*It's my dream job. I've always wanted to work in a creative ad agency after seeing Brian on Queer As Folk. I would love to own one because I think that's so cool and it's just SO up my alley.
*They have offices in DC, NY, and London. Which to me, means relocation to Europe, paid for by the company! Wouldn't that be awesome? To be working my dream job and living in my dream city all at one time. I think I would just explode from happiness.
*It would look totally kick ass on a resume. To say that you have experience at an ad agency (and it's not a small town nobody one, either) is really good for anyone trying to break into the business. It's like getting an internship at Vogue. The only true way to break into that business is to know someone who knows someone and I thank God that I ran into and connected with Jim Morrisey. Turns out that dinner at Guapos back in July turned out to be a blessing in disguise.
*The company itself is just awesome from what I've seen. I've had an interview there, got a chance to meet up with some of the people there, and they're all so laid back and chill, that it kicks total ass within the federal government. No more of this hierachy bullshit. Which is always a good thing. It's located in Georgetown, which is as prestigous as you can get in DC, so that's good.
And so I think that's a good pro list. But I have to complete it with a list of cons as well.
*The pay. I know that I'm lucky that they're paying anything at all, but it's only 9.00/hr. That's crucial. Especially when I'm used to pulling in 15. So it would be a large cut to what I'm normally prepared for.
*The hours. They're only giving me a maximum ability to do 20-30 a week. Which is less than part time. Ugh. Makes the money situation even worse.
*The actual location. Whereas Georgetown is totally awesome and completely posh and all of that, Wisconsin Ave, where GMMB is located is completely located on a slope, no rather an angle that's totally crucial for someone for someone in a wheelchair.
And that's pretty much it. This decision is so totally crucial that I don't know what to think about it. I'm doing this because I want to believe that I can launch myself into the right career doing this. This is what I want to do. I could do this job for the next 40 years happily, I think and that's why I'm making all these sacrifices for this. I just hope this is the right decision. I have no way of knowing at this point.
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