Officer Barbrady, what the hell are you doing?

[digitaldiscipline]

Amusing yet troubling thought for you all: Me, as community relations and security liaison for my apartment complex.

It could happen, depending on my lunchtime interview with the management folks.

Upside:
- More money
- Bennies [read: health insurance, for the first time in 2 years]
- Rent credit [read: potential for bigger apartment]
- Even shorter commute
- Potential to give a friend-in-need a job [by having them step into my current role]
- I'll get off my ass and be walking around. I might even get to drive a golf cart!

Downside:
- Having to be the designated shithead when residents fuck up [contrary to popular perception, I'd prefer not to be "the bad guy" to random people, I'd rather they just have some of that good old "shock and awe" in my presence]
- I'm not sure how glowing I'll be at community meetings. Salesmanship has never been my forte.
- Potential obligation to stick around NOLA. K & I love the city, but the climate's kicking her butt [well, not today - thank god the heat broke, it's finally comfortable], but that's a subject for greater conversation later [watch aishlynn's journal for more info] I reckon.

So, other than the incredibly-biased poisongirl, who would not only take over and kick ass at my present job, but become a guest at Chez Geek, what are everyone's thoughts?

Comments

[ladysoleil.livejournal.com]

You can quit any job. If you don't know for sure that you'll only be at the position for X amount of time, that's not a good reason to not chase it. The only negative is that they may not want to provide a reference when you leave, but if you leave the World's Ugliest Secretary gig on good terms, that should be an adequate reference anyway.

And if the reason for quitting is relocation due to a career change for a sig. other, that's an even better excuse to present to a new employer to explain a short stint at a job.

The only downside I'd see is that it will likely make any neighbor you have to crack down on into an enemy, but, in light of the possible relocation, that's not a strong argument either...the problem automatically goes away when you leave.

[etcet.livejournal.com]

The guy conducting the interview saw that coming - he asked how long we planned to stay in town, etc, and came right out and said, "you say you're a geek. what would you do if i spent all this time and money training you, and a good computer job came up?"

so, i, uh. . . improvised. "I can be a geek in my spare time. I already do it on the side anyways."

and the subject of how we came to be here was also touched on, so my willingness to relocate to support K's career for a good opportunity has been established.