bowling and a burger
i spent a most of the first two days walking around the cbd trying to get my bearings and a feel for the city. i am staying in the cuba section of the te aro neighborhood. the cuba area is…
Tag Job Hunt
august 20th
company e2 came back to me today and generously offered august 20th as a start date. this is great news. both that it is late enough that we should be able to get everything done without crushing stress and it…
it’s good to be wanted
i spoke with the hiring manager from company e2 again last night and gave my verbal acceptance conditional on meeting the team in wellington next week and agreement on a start date. they’re eager to get me signed up but…
first chance to step out of the breadline
after an informal second call on tuesday company e2 came through with a solid offer today. record time (13 days) compared to some of the others still grinding along. i’m leaning more and more towards this opportunity. the folks i…
let’s try this again
with 3 potential job opportunities cooking along the jboss and i decided it was time to book a trip to nz. in addition to final interviews i can get a sense of the companies, the offices, the locate and i…
the chickens did not hatch
i heard from larry that company h has decided not to extend an offer. bit surprising since they said almost 2 weeks ago that they had an offer ready to go – but as i have said many times “it…
working the phones
lots of time on the phone this week with potential nz employers. after several misses i was able to connect with the other company h principal. that went well so i would expect that to go to offer. having one…
let’s meet for coffee at the cafe…
…you know the place – the one down the street a bit – just head 9000 miles northeast and it’s on the left. i met the cto of company e in boston today. unfortunately we were scheduled to connect on…
meeting the entire family
on monday larry connected with company h and they indicated that they would be moving to offer. she said they thought a director of operations role could be a possibility after a bit of ramping and learning their business. most…
so nice they named it twice
spent the day today in nyc talking with the ceo of the auckland based start-up that i spoke with last week – company h. more on that but first a minute on my experience taking the train compared to the…