Josh and Yona's Blog of Many Things

Josh started this blog when he was doing disaster recovery work after Hurricane Katrina. Now it is mostly our travel blog.

Thursday, November 10, 2005

Silence and then noise

A number of days passed and I heard nothing. I called my contact and asked him what was happening. He said that if I did not hear anything by the end of the week he assumed the opportunity passed me by.

I did not hear anything that week, but on Thursday of the following week I received a call. It was John from the consulting firm.

"We have a position for a community planner. Are you interested?"

"What would I be doing?"

This is an exact quote..."You know, like, whatever community planners do."

"OK, I am interested."

"Could I start Monday?"

"No, how about two weeks. I have to get things ready before I can go."

"We need someone really soon. How about Friday?"

We had a deal.

I was transferred to a supervisor. He welcomed me to the firm and told me I would receive my assignment in two weeks, mentioning Texas, Mississippi, Louisiana and Florida as possibilities. I told him I was supposed to board a plane in one week. Well, in that case I would receive my assignment sooner.

The next day John called back to tell me had sent me an email with all the details. I was starting on Monday, right?

"Friday."

"Right, Friday."

And so I was hired.

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