Friday's interview

[unixronin]

We likely won't know anything for 2-3 weeks, but I think the interview went well.  I also think it looks like probably being a good company to work for, and I'm pretty sure I can get along with the people.  It's a very small company, 15 people at present.  Salary range is in the $60k-$70k range, full benefits, profit sharing, 25% company-matched 401K, and no worthless stock options.

The area is about 20 minutes north of the DC beltway, probably about the same distance from the VA border, and would be a very practical commute from Sterling VA if there was a direct route -- but unfortunately there isn't one that I know of.  There's this small matter of absence of a bridge.  I'd much sooner live in VA than in MD, given the choice, but I don't think it'd be very practical.

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[pernishus.livejournal.com]

Pernicious and I are keeping crossable appendages in the appropriate positions for you...

[fair-witness.livejournal.com]

Good luck!

[darthgeek.livejournal.com]

You could live in VA, and cross at Point of Rocks and come down I-270.

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

Where's Point of Rocks?

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[felinecanine.livejournal.com]

Take route 7 north to US 15. Point of Rocks looks like it's a little over 20 miles from Sterling.

The Maryland side looks like it will be mostly rural 2-lane roads to get to Gaithersburg. Either that or you have to go through Frederick. It looks like a
haul. It think it might still be faster to take 7/beltway/270.

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

We've actually located some highly prospective-looking townhouses in Rockville. Between $1600 and $1700 a month, and the listing says 1400 or 1550 square feet, but I deciphered the dimensions on the too-small floorplan as best I could and did the math, and it looks like around 2050 or 2300 to me. They're three-story townhouses, and as best I can figure, the listed floor space does not include the basement level, which is a third of the total space.

Can you say, "server room downstairs"? Sure, I knew you could. There's room down there to rack the servers and set up the workbenches and have a designated office area, which would mean we wouldn't need to use a bedroom as an office, which would mean the third bedroom could become a designated playroom and we could ban loose toys from the rest of the house.

'Course, the 1600-or-so square foot place with the garage is tempting too, but I think that's more expensive.

Side note: I wish property management companies that publish their floorplans online would publish'em large enough that things like room dimensions and details aren't an illegibly tiny blotch of pixels. "Is that a 3 or a 2?" I'm not sure, it looks like a question mark to me..."

[ilcylic.livejournal.com]

Heh. If you ended up in Sterling, you would be literally right near where I grew up, and down the way a bit from where my father lives now.

*luck*

I think I got mine! *glee*

-Ogre

Woohoo!

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

Keeping my fingers crossed for you. All things considered, I think we'd sooner be back on the Left Coast ourselves, but you take what you can get. If we'd known in advance that Davide was going to procrastinate until he pissed away the GSU job, or that coming here was going to be sucha trap, or .... but that way lies madness. Foresight cannot ever be 20/20. (THough I often feel I've done worse than most.)

Anyway, Sterling or anywhere in VA just doesn't look to be in the cards, unless I'm willing to commute in to the Beltway and back out each day. I'd really prefer not to deal with MD. On the other hand, we have found some really promising-looking townhouses for rent in Rockville MD, so even at that, all would not be lost.

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[ilcylic.livejournal.com]

That commute is what my father does every day. I think his theory was that it is worth it to keep my little brother out of crappy neighborhoods. Of course, he's more paranoid about influence than I am. I think kids need to see some wierd shit when they are growing up so they have some idea of how to deal with it when they are older. But that's just me. I might feel different if I had children of my own.

-Ogre

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[unixronin.livejournal.com]

So where's he actually commuting to and from, and how long does it take him?