Talk the talk.
Posted in career, challenges, contemplate contradictions and complexities, culture, learning, opportunities, pursuit of happiness, secrets, skills, teh superficial, these thoughts on November 21st, 2008 by LC – Be the first to commentFinding work.
Managing my schedule.
Complete autonomy.
I am in control of my future.
It’s unusual and freeing.
To do what I want to do within bounds that are nowhere in sight right now.
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Social events were becoming tiresome,
until tonight.
“Welcome to Fall” for all SF employees –
though I’m SV, that doesn’t stop me.
Free drinks and appetizers for 3 hours.
I’m there.
I bump into people I had training with in Atlanta,
people I met just today,
and random 6 degrees of separation –
through someone of a someone.
Though I have to admit,
it’s harder than hell to break the ice.
That initial walk into Kell’s, observing the 50+ people that I don’t know.
I failed at my first attempt to hold a conversation.
“I’m going to go refill my drink, so I’ll catch up with you later.”
Rejected.
What a bugger.
But I continued on and found quite a number that carried the conversations fluidly.
And the lack of, but what we have of geeky people — seem to remember me.
And the talk through the grape vines from one office to the other, I am talked about.
In a good light.
Amazing shit.
For the first time since I started 2 months ago,
I got that exuberant high of meeting new/old ‘interesting’ (I hate that word) people.
It’s a damn good feeling.
