Switching Employment

My job recently came to an end.

It was not easy, but the contract finally came to a close and they did not bring me on full-time, because my desires did not seem to match up with what I could be provided.  Granted, I had been considering an exit because I was not as happy as I once was, but I was going to stay on until ready to depart.  Of course, now this is forced on me as I was told my services would no longer be needed at the end of April.  I had become overly stressed, and it was showing although I had been doing my best to keep any incidents from coming up. Still, the big reason I didn't get a match is because past behavioral quirks did me in.  Some of these could be fixed, but some of these take time...maybe quitting smoking is an analogy for aspies.

In retrospect, handling it with a simple
head in hand would have sufficed.

So now I'm in a tough spot for people like myself.  I'm wondering what the next stage is for the first time since my '07 layoff.  That one was considerably tougher as I was fresh out of school and already pushed out of the job I had accepted (although that was the most unhappy I had been...I even got lonely for the first time, and I never get lonely).

My new quest is looking for some brief 1-2 week projects to work on before my vacation to the West Coast.   I also debate if I should trick out this blog a bit more, considering I do have knowledge of HTML and some CSS, although that may be for naught at the end of the day.  It would be nice to be able to present something on here, like a webinar.  A lot of this comes back to focus; I know what I want to do, just not how to do it.

Instead, I get distracted when I go nowhere and start morphing an old Excel spreadsheet with Wilt Chamberlain's 1961-62 averages (IMO, one of the top three statistical seasons for any basketball player ever).

Date	Game	Game #	Minutes	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	Rebounds	Assists	Fouls	Points
10/19/1961	Los Angeles at Philadelphia	1	48	21	44	0.477	6	12	0.500	25	1	1	48
10/20/1961	Los Angeles at Philadelphia	2	48	24	46	0.522	9	17	0.529	32	1	2	57
10/21/1961	New York at Philadelphia	3	48	21	41	0.512	11	17	0.647	35	0	2	53
10/27/1961	Syracuse at Philadelphia	4	48	21	45	0.467	13	21	0.619	24	3	3	55
10/28/1961	Philadelphia at Syracuse	5	48	17	43	0.395	9	14	0.643	23	3	0	43
11/3/1961	Boston at Philadelphia	6	48	12	31	0.387	4	9	0.444	33	1	2	28
11/4/1961	Detroit at Philadelphia	7	48	24	48	0.500	10	16	0.625	33	0	1	58
11/8/1961	Philadelphia at Detroit	8	48	23	46	0.500	12	19	0.632	23	1	3	58
11/9/1961	Syracuse at Philadelphia	9	48	20	38	0.526	15	27	0.556	29	0	1	55
11/11/1961	Philadelphia at Boston	10	48	17	40	0.425	7	13	0.538	21	3	4	41
11/14/1961	Philadelphia at New York	11	48	13	27	0.481	8	17	0.471	18	2	2	34
11/15/1961	Cincinnati at Philadelphia	12	48	18	42	0.429	7	13	0.538	18	5	1	43
11/17/1961	Los Angeles at Philadelphia	13	48	24	48	0.500	8	19	0.421	32	2	1	56
11/18/1961	Philadelphia at Syracuse	14	48	13	32	0.406	13	20	0.650	17	2	1	39
11/19/1961	Philadelphia at Chicago	15	48	24	47	0.511	3	8	0.375	16	0	2	51
11/21/1961	Philadelphia at Cincinnati	16	48	20	44	0.455	5	15	0.333	34	6	0	45
11/23/1961	Boston at Philadelphia	17	48	12	34	0.353	7	12	0.583	30	5	1	31
11/25/1961	Chicago at Philadelphia	18	48	15	37	0.405	9	12	0.750	38	3	2	39
11/28/1961	Philadelphia at St. Louis	19	48	13	28	0.464	13	25	0.520	22	1	0	39
12/1/1961	Philadelphia at Los Angeles	20	48	22	47	0.468	16	26	0.615	21	4	1	60
12/2/1961	Philadelphia at Los Angeles	21	48	11	22	0.500	15	26	0.577	24	1	1	37
12/5/1961	Philadelphia at New York	22	48	17	31	0.548	5	12	0.417	22	4	1	39
12/6/1961	St. Louis at Philadelphia	23	48	12	27	0.444	15	20	0.750	16	1	2	39
12/8/1961	Los Angeles at Philadelphia	24	63	31	62	0.500	16	31	0.516	43	1	4	78
12/9/1961	Chicago at Philadelphia	25	48	28	48	0.583	5	10	0.500	36	0	3	61
12/10/1961	Philadelphia at Chicago	26	48	23	44	0.523	9	16	0.563	26	2	4	55
12/12/1961	Detroit at Philadelphia	27	48	22	42	0.524	10	14	0.714	25	5	2	54
12/13/1961	Philadelphia at Boston	28	48	22	43	0.512	8	12	0.667	30	0	2	52
12/14/1961	Syracuse at Philadelphia	29	48	17	39	0.436	9	17	0.529	22	2	1	43
12/16/1961	Philadelphia at Chicago	30	48	21	39	0.538	8	12	0.667	21	3	3	50
12/19/1961	Philadelphia at Cincinnati	31	48	24	47	0.511	9	14	0.643	25	1	0	57
12/20/1961	Philadelphia at Detroit	32	48	24	47	0.511	7	11	0.636	19	0	0	55
12/25/1961	Philadelphia at New York	33	58	23	44	0.523	13	22	0.591	36	0	3	59
12/26/1961	Syracuse at Philadelphia	34	48	21	53	0.396	9	15	0.600	29	1	2	51
12/27/1961	New York at Philadelphia	35	48	20	42	0.476	13	18	0.722	30	4	3	53
12/29/1961	Los Angeles at Philadelphia	36	48	24	43	0.558	12	19	0.632	26	3	1	60
12/30/1961	Boston at Philadelphia	37	53	17	34	0.500	7	13	0.538	28	3	2	41
1/1/1962	Philadelphia at Los Angeles	38	48	13	29	0.448	6	12	0.500	20	3	1	32
1/3/1962	Philadelphia at Los Angeles	39	40	14	25	0.560	8	12	0.667	18	2	1	36
1/5/1962	St. Louis at Philadelphia	40	48	20	39	0.513	13	21	0.619	22	2	0	53
1/7/1962	Philadelphia at St. Louis	41	48	23	41	0.561	9	17	0.529	21	2	3	55
1/9/1962	Syracuse at Philadelphia	42	48	18	37	0.486	11	21	0.524	27	1	3	47
1/10/1962	Philadelphia at Detroit	43	48	15	40	0.375	9	13	0.692	25	1	0	39
1/11/1962	Syracuse at Philadelphia	44	48	19	40	0.475	14	24	0.583	22	5	0	52
1/13/1962	Chicago at Philadelphia	45	48	29	48	0.604	15	25	0.600	36	0	2	73
1/14/1962	Philadelphia at Boston	46	48	27	45	0.600	8	10	0.800	28	2	1	62
1/17/1962	St. Louis at Philadelphia	47	53	24	48	0.500	14	20	0.700	23	4	3	62
1/18/1962	Cincinnati at Philadelphia	48	48	22	50	0.440	10	16	0.625	31	3	0	54
1/19/1962	Philadelphia at Detroit	49	48	23	42	0.548	7	10	0.700	21	2	1	53
1/20/1962	Detroit at Philadelphia	50	48	17	39	0.436	10	14	0.714	28	5	0	44
1/21/1962	Philadelphia at Syracuse	51	53	25	42	0.595	12	17	0.706	23	3	1	62
1/24/1962	Chicago at Philadelphia	52	48	23	56	0.411	9	11	0.818	32	5	1	55
1/26/1962	Philadelphia at St. Louis	53	48	16	29	0.552	15	19	0.789	22	4	3	47
1/27/1962	Boston at Philadelphia	54	48	21	28	0.750	11	17	0.647	27	1	3	53
1/28/1962	Philadelphia at Boston	55	53	17	31	0.548	16	22	0.727	20	3	4	50
1/30/1962	Philadelphia at New York	56	48	22	40	0.550	11	19	0.579	27	3	1	55
2/1/1962	Cincinnati at Philadelphia	57	48	22	36	0.611	9	16	0.563	26	5	1	53
2/2/1962	New York at Philadelphia	58	48	12	31	0.387	11	19	0.579	19	4	1	35
2/3/1962	Philadelphia at Syracuse	59	48	15	35	0.429	11	14	0.786	15	3	0	41
2/4/1962	Syracuse at Philadelphia	60	48	19	35	0.543	12	18	0.667	26	2	0	50
2/8/1962	New York at Philadelphia	61	48	23	37	0.622	13	19	0.684	24	0	0	59
2/9/1962	Philadelphia at Boston	62	48	15	32	0.469	18	23	0.783	29	1	1	48
2/10/1962	Boston at Philadelphia	63	48	16	33	0.485	6	14	0.429	31	4	1	38
2/11/1962	Philadelphia at New York	64	48	18	36	0.500	6	13	0.462	25	5	0	42
2/13/1962	Philadelphia at Cincinnatti	65	48	24	40	0.600	17	30	0.567	22	4	3	65
2/14/1962	Philadelphia at Detroit	66	48	17	38	0.447	8	13	0.615	27	3	1	42
2/16/1962	Cincinnati at Philadelphia	67	48	18	37	0.486	12	17	0.706	23	4	0	48
2/17/1962	Philadelphia at St. Louis	68	48	26	44	0.591	15	20	0.750	28	2	1	67
2/20/1962	Chicago at Philadelphia	69	48	21	46	0.457	6	8	0.750	21	2	4	48
2/21/1962	Philadelphia at Syracuse	70	48	19	33	0.576	8	17	0.471	16	2	3	46
2/22/1962	St. Louis at Philadelphia	71	48	21	36	0.583	19	34	0.559	26	1	0	61
2/24/1962	Boston at Philadelphia	72	48	11	24	0.458	4	13	0.308	31	0	1	26
2/25/1962	New York at Philadelphia	73	48	25	38	0.658	17	22	0.773	21	1	1	67
2/27/1962	Philadelphia at St. Louis	74	48	25	43	0.581	15	20	0.750	23	2	3	65
2/28/1962	Philadelphia at Chicago	75	48	24	46	0.522	13	17	0.765	28	6	4	61
3/2/1962	New York at Philadelphia	76	48	36	63	0.571	28	32	0.875	25	2	2	100
3/4/1962	Philadelphia at New York	77	48	24	41	0.585	10	16	0.625	35	4	0	58
3/7/1962	Philadelphia at Boston	78	48	13	38	0.433	4	11	0.364	27	2	1	30
3/11/1962	Philadelphia at Syracuse	79	48	19	27	0.704	6	18	0.333	26	2	2	44
3/14/1962	Philadelphia at Chicago	80	53	15	34	0.441	4	5	0.800	33	4	3	34
TOTALS			3882	1597	3167	-	835	1363	-	2062	190	125	4029
AVERAGES		80	48.525	19.96	39.59	0.5057	10.44	17.04	0.6092	25.78	2.38	1.56	50.363

Watch my search page jump just because of this record.

I've been hitting my goal of two job applications per day each day, since it takes me forever to do a cover letter.  I have also been doing some seminars on helping myself with the job search; one was useless as it applied more to senior-level executives.  I'm also not going to have 500 LinkedIn connections anytime soon.

Explaining Asperger's Syndrome to future employers will be tricky, but my new debate is if I should present this.  I will be flying down to North Carolina for two interviews in less than two weeks.  Hopefully I will have three.  Research Triangle is rising and UNC-Chapel Hill has a grad program I have intensely set my eyes on.  I'm also trying my hand at some brief skill tutorials where needed.  I now have time to write and continue beats as well.

So now I should continue to do those while keeping up the job hunt.  Maybe even continue redesigning this website.