Well, this came to a head pretty fast, and I gave notice this morning. My lizard cortex is delivering alternating currents of WHAT HAVE I DONE I HAVE NO BUSINESS LEAVING A JOB WITHOUT ANOTHER LINED UP IN THIS MARKET and waves of pure, sweet relief. I had a long productive talk with my boss this morning (the one that runs our office, not the one that makes me wish our building was taller so that I could jump from its roof) and there's interest in bringing me back for other projects as an *actual* freelancer. I'm all about that. I'd work with anyone else on the roster in a split second, and it's a shame that I got trapped in this situation to begin with, but extricating myself could not be going any better.
In the meantime, I've finally wrested my name.com back from that weird softcore lady and am having all kinds of fun getting it set up as a portfolio site. It's really been surprising, seeing my body of work amassed over the last year and a half all at once. No idea what's next for me, but the hard part's over and I haven't burned any bridges that weren't hitching up their skirts and asking for it. Watch this space.
Best wishes to you, Holly. You'll do well because of that dynamic cortex.
Posted by: Studley at April 28, 2008 04:18 PMGood move. You have too many talents to grind away unappreciated. You need me to tell anybody else that, and I'll do so with vim and vigor*.
*Not anatomical pseudonyms.
Posted by: bobo at April 28, 2008 10:57 PMAs someone who has been on both the giving end of "I'm outta here" and the receiving end of "You're outta here," the latter is far more satsifying. Though that probably isn't something you didn't already know.
Anyway, good luck, and if you ever get fed up to the point where you want to get some fellow workers and seize the means of production or something, I'm totally down with that.
Posted by: Doug at April 29, 2008 06:14 AMWait, isn't the wrestling of the name.com sort of a lateral move?
(Congrats on the job thing, for real.)
Posted by: PB at April 29, 2008 02:58 PMOh, Crackers.
Posted by: Holly at April 29, 2008 03:09 PM