It's so weird to spend most of the day talking about coding and not actually doing any. Although I'm really not complaining! I had a brief phone call with one recruiter, and a longer one with him in the afternoon. While I can't stand recruiters who are little more than resume brokers, this one is almost going overboard in trying to match me with a particular client, to the extent that I feel like I'm doing too much of the work. The client is interesting though, so I suppose I'll see it through.
Moving much faster, after two months of moving nowhere, is the company that I originally was holding out for. I had lunch with the owner and his CTO, and it sounds like the company is a good fit. This guy is all about relationship building with his clients and his people, and he's open enough about his failures that there's little mystery about how he operates. He's even invited me to hang out in the office and meet anyone I want if it helps convince me. If he makes an offer, it'll be hard to say no.
Then there's that third company, which called me at the wrong time yesterday (time zone issues) and as a result I was talking to someone else at that time. I've known the president and founder on a casual basis for years (he's a founding member of the ASP.NET team at Microsoft), and everyone who he has hired is top shelf talent. What they do could be a good fit for my interests, and if the details of the job and telecommute thing all work, and they like me, there's potential there as well. But time is against them, because I'm not going to leave this other local guy hanging.
Of course, there's the part of me who is sad to see my long summer vacation come to an end, but honestly, getting laid-off was one of the best things that could have happened to me this year. I reconnected with my "hobby," go to know the new cats in the family, traveled to Florida care free (extra day? no problem!), and most importantly, got to do some soul searching. I understand my career priorities better than I did. I understand the scope of my own business, for now, as well.
And hey, I'm getting married too. :)
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