Been thinking recently.
Wait, that’s the understatement of the year.
Okay, but back to the point of this entry.
One of the many things that I’ve been thinking about… is what the heck I’m doing here, and what the next step is.
My first client job will be done by this weekend. I will make sure of it. Freaking IE bug will no longer stand in my way…
For some reason, today at work I realized only today that there is definitely a benefit in freelancing like this… but the downfalls are just as large.
In this case, the overhead in dealing with three different projects within three different groups is larger than I thought. The barrage of emails alone is quite amazing. Actually, it’s both fun and frustrating from time to time… but slowly, I think I’m realizing that this life might not be for me. Freelancing… just isn’t for me, in the long run it seems.
But for the next couple of months, I think it’ll be fun to rack up some experience like this. I really do enjoy the part-time-ness of freelancing… being able to have a little bit of free time (more so than working full-time) to continue my research of my next set of options.
Here’s where I see my life going: Either I go work for an amazing company and climb the corporate ladder into management OR start a company outright. Now, this plan might include an MBA… which means that I need to start studying for the GMAT.
After this first client work is done, I might have to start studying for it. The deadline for this coming year is March 15th. I already know who to ask for recommendations, so that’s set. Just need to make sure I kill on the GMATs… My work experience will be kind of weak, seeing how MBA students usually go in with about two years of full-time experience… but maybe my “freelancing” as well as all my pertinent part-time work will be clutch.
If I don’t get in (and even if I do get in and decide to go later… or even… not go at all), then I will start looking for a more permanent position. Chicago doesn’t sound too bad… and the Valley is still an option. Cincinnati just doesn’t feel that all right with me… I’m not sure why. I think it’s more or less my desire to keep moving from place to place…
The engineering job fair is on February 8th, and so I have until then to sharpen up some skills. I hope to be pretty well versed in Ruby by that point. CSS will be cake, and JavaScript… I hope… I will have mastered by then. Freaking… get… a web application done… Maybe also by then, I can put down “Fluent in Korean and Japanese”. Must make some serious goals and timetables… and… you guessed it: Lists.
Wow… the next two weeks will be chock-filled with goodness.
Also, I might be going to Cincinnati this weekend for my sister’s birthday. I got her the shuffle… now I want one… Oh my… she’s 18! And I pray she’ll pass the driver’s license exam on her first time, too.
I think that pretty much concludes this amazingly productive day.
Onward to 6 AM!
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