Consulting Gig

So I've started my first...and maybe only?...real consulting gig.  It's with the good folks at Liquid Entertainment on super-secret stuff.  It's mostly engineering consulting but I hope to sneak in a little process improvement on the side.  They're in the valley, so the commute is a drag:  an hour each way.  By the time I get home my baby daughter is upset because it's past her bedtime...not the daughter I want to come home to.  So you know that long hiatus in blogging for the past few weeks?  Expect it to continue.

Side note:  I read in "Linked" that a study showed most people get their jobs from second-tier contacts.  That's never been true for me.  Ed Del Castillo, CEO of Liquid, has been a really good friend for a long time - and almost all the jobs I've ever gotten have been through really good friends.  So in my experience it's more important to have a few good friends than a lot of acquaintances.

Comments

[Game Producer]

So you like to con & insult (=consult) people, eh? Sounds good. Share some secrets as soon as you can :)

[Hugh "Nomad" Hancock]

Hurrah! Well done.

Incidentally, in "results from your free consulting for StrangeCo" land, we've finally gotten off our collective ass and installed Subversion as a version control system - and it's great! It'll save us a lot of time - thanks for the tip.

[Despayre]

Congrats on the new gig!

I have found in my rather limited circle of industry friends that it definitely is better to have good contacts with people that you are close to. Recruiters may be helpful, but not nearly as much as someone who you know that is willing to sell you up to whoever is in charge of makig the final decisions.