last week i came upon a decision. after months of deliberation, i've decided leave Chicago and move back to Montana.
Billings, Montana matter of factly... Population: approx, 108,000. Largest town in Montana. Known as the Magic City.
I've decided to set the guidelines of this move to happen no later Halloween 2007. Which I think as of today is 101 days. (that is if i counted correctly).
so now comes the difficult part...
implementation of my plan. If I can't transfer with the company I currently work for, then I'm pretty much hosed.. Unless I want to go into another line of work. Montana is great, but the IT job market (especially for RPGLE programmers for the AS400) is pretty thin.
Task:
- Moving to Billings
Parameters of task:
- job
- transportation
- housing
- financing
- timelines of implementation
The first issue to be tackled is the Job Task.
I've ran preliminary analysis to determine if I could keep my current job. So far the analysis is inconclusive. More data is needed.
The first (and as far as I'm concerned) most critical task occurs this Wednesday. As I am breaking the news to my boss of my intentions and explain my situation and game plan. The objectives of this task are:
- Inform my boss of my intentions to move to Billings.
- Assure management that I am still committed to my department and the company.
- Explain the reason behind my decision
- Convey that I am an integral cog of our corporate wheel.
- Lay out my master plan to work remotely from one of our trucking terminals. (so in a sense, i would give up the cozy high rise office environment to a dirty, smelly trucking terminal). Explain how this would benefit all parties and turn any cons brought up into positives or workarounds.
It's never boring in the land of Goatopolis... more to come soon.
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