Welcome to the Ranks of the Underemployed

Well, it’s official – I’m on the first real week of my voluntary severance package. While I have to admit that it felt great to sleep in until 9 a.m. (I’m still recovering from the bachelor party Saturday night), it’s also kind of scary. I’m not unemployed in the sense of not getting paid, but I still have no place to head every weekday morning to rip the creative, moral and spiritual energy from me … um, I mean place to ‘have a job’. I’m looking for prospects right now, but to be honest this is giving me a chance to do some things that I’ve been trying to do for months – small projects, freelance projects, photography, etc. I can’t ‘play’ for more than a week, but hopefully this week will allow me to finish up projects for Mystique, but also some other jobs, as well as finally finishing up my homepage (I’ve gone through four iterations without ever putting any of them up because I tire of them before I’ve finished). Should be nice.

I do have to say that I have a client that I am working with a fairly large project (for me), and when I sent him my standard SOW, it includes the fact that half of the bill is due up front. Well, three weeks later and I still haven’t received that payment, and he’s expressing concern over my asking for it. I think that it’s a fairly standard policy when dealing with a small company, but I’d be curious to see what others think… I know that one of the big hitters that I have talked to said that he feels that is an industry standard as well, which made me feel better.

Meanwhile, look for me to finally upgrade to WordPress 1.5 (the whole ad controversy notwithstanding), and finally get the martytdx.com homepage up, as well as those other projects.

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  • I’m an uncle!
    Well, my sister had her baby! Caleb Johanes Welch was born yesterday, April 3, weighing 5.6 lbs and measuring 19″ long. I’m so proud of her. Pictures whenever I get them!
  • Epinions
    A couple new Epinions – I’ve been so bad about keeping up with them. Check out my reviews of Mikimoto’s and Mandarin Buffet.
  • Photography
    My latest shots – I’ve been playing with my macro lens a bit, so I’ve taken a few floral shots.

    Daffodil Reflections Daffodil Reflections Daffodils - Three in a Row Fresia Super Macro

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