So – it looks like it’s been a while since I’ve blogged here. Mostly, it’s been a lack of time while I fought like crazy to make my way in the new media freelancing space. When I last posted, I mentioned that in addition to trying my hand at the self-employment space, I’d be keeping my ears open for the chance to work with a new team doing exciting things, and while a great deal of my time this summer was spent in negotiations with a few companies, nothing panned out, and I continued to try it on my own.

When I went into the summer, I gave myself a timeline to do this on my own of three months. Beyond that, I was going to start handing out resumes, and looking for “real world” style work. Well, after a few talks with a few people, it looks like I found work with a web development company in downtown Kingston. I don’t want to dive into too much about what I’ll be doing (Or who the company is), as I haven’t discussed my “public” life too much with my likely-soon-to-be boss, but I do want to comment on the change.

Fear and Frowns

The new work will bring two substantial changes for me, one I’m scared of, and one saddens me deeply. The first, and the change I’m scared more of, is the shift in industry. I’ve been working in customer service/support, and generally with people, for 8 years. In fact, with the exception of one summer job, ALL of my work has been in customer service or user support. Even my most recent role with TalkShoe centered around making sure our users were happy. Shifting from a customer service space to a development space – and away from a space I LOVE to be in, social media – scares the crap out of me.

But in addition to being scared of the shift, the new job has me pretty sad. I’ve been working from home for just over 2 years now, and have really enjoyed it. In addition to the idea that I’m more at liberty to set my own schedule, working from home has allowed me to keep up with house work, blogs, emails and phone calls. Most importantly though, it’s allowed me to spend more time with my wife. As a nurse, her hectic schedule doesn’t leave a lot of time to spend together – working from home allows us to spend time together, at least in the same room, even if I am busy on my computer.

A Final Push?

When I last posted, I had a TREMENDOUS outcry of support, both from past colleges at TalkShoe, as well as users, friends and connections from all around the blogosphere. I was touched. I’m wondering, a little, if I can’t use that same outpouring now to help out.

While I have heard of the company it’s looking like I’ll soon be working for, and the idea of working with a bunch of geeks again is SUPER exciting, I’ve done web development work in a “corporate” environment before… and didn’t like it. I also REALLY don’t want to leave either customer service, or the work from home environment. So this is my appeal to my community: If you can help me out – and maybe find me work in the customer service space between now and Monday (So I can stop before I start), please get in touch.