Joining the Ranks of the Employed
Posted by Marc Shiman on March 13, 2008
I recently took a job.
That is much more monumental a thing than it ought to be. From March 1999 when I left The Services Group, I’ve been a freelance consultant taking jobs when I want, where I want, how I want. Now, I work for someone. All the time.
The deal is that I’m going to take assignments over the next two years that I probably would have taken anyway; I’m in Pakistan now, and there’s another contract coming up for 4 months there that I’ll (hopefully) lead. After that its off to Iraq for about 18 months.
The difference is that now I have a job to come home to. I’m not only managing my own career, but now I’m looking out for my company too. I no longer am supposed to read the DevelopmentEX job board, I’m no longer supposed to probe people to find out if their projects have short term assignments. Its a weird change for me.
I’m confident I made the right decision. I’m particularly confident that if I had to work for someone, I’ve picked the right company.
It still feels weird.
