An Unexpected Change

Friday, October 26, 2007

My husband got a job! When he called me at work to tell me he got the offer less than 2 hours after his interview, I could not stop gushing for a half hour straight. He will be working at an internet startup starting on November 1. Goldstar is an e-commerce company and Dave will be their CSS guy. The benefits include free tickets to their many venues.

I am so proud of him. He could have given up on trying to break into a competitive new field where he has no formal training or credentials. He could have given in and worked as a postdoc at one of the many research labs or graduate programs that would surely snap up him and his PhD. I could have pressured him into doing any old job just to increase our income. But he did not settle, and now he will be a Web Developer (his dream title for now) and will get paid for doing something he loves. That’s two happy career-people in this household.

This, of course, bodes well for us financially, more than doubling our income, but it also means our weekday routine will change. I realized, despite my elation, that I will probably have to cook more and run more errands. Just think – since we’ve been married, I’ve been the sugar mama and Dave has been the house hubby. This is going to be a pretty big shift in lifestyle for us. And a pretty exciting one.

Please join me in congratulating Dave, now an official geek!

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