Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be TWs.

["M Rassmussen" <mrassmussen -at- hotmail -dot- com>]

One month ago, I interviewed for a position at a university, and I was told 
that I'd be contacted when a decision was made.  I have yet to hear back, 
and I'm wondering if it normally takes this much time to make a decision.  
Of course, I applied for the position in March and didn't get a call to 
interview until June, so it might take eons at this place.  Either they're 
incredibly thorough or extremely lazy.

This is only the second job search I've been on, and I don't know what's 
typical.  I graduated from college last year, and I had my current job lined 
up before graduation -- and I think it's fair to say I lucked into it.  
(Never hurts when the interviewer's daughter is only one year older than you 
are, and she graduated from the same school.)

I sent thank you messages to both interviewers the next day, and I think I 
did well on the interview.  Should I just wait to (maybe) hear from someone 
or would it be acceptable to call and check on the status?  The job is no 
longer being advertised on the university's Web site, so I assume either 
they're making a decision or they've made one and I wasn't privy to it.

Also, can anyone give an estimate as to the worth of a technical writer 
(with a year of work experience and a year of internships) who designs 
computer-based training, creates both HTML and XML documents (with a side of 
Javascript), has advanced Photoshop skills, and does QA and configuration 
management?

The other technical writers are sort of old school and not up on the latest 
technologies, so I tend to fill that void.  If I'm not familiar with 
something, I'll do tons of research and learn it yesterday.  They're taking 
for granted (financially, anyway) that I'm a savvy young thang and instead 
of their hiring someone (at a much higher rate) to solve a problem, I'll 
find a way.  And I do, but the more they realize that I can do (or figure 
out), the more they're dropping in my lap.

I think my company is getting a bargain, and even though our customer (who 
pays the bills) wanted me to get a fairly substantial raise given all of the 
work I've been doing, my boss gave me a piddling raise and refused to 
discuss it further.  I get the impression he's still irked that I got $5k 
more than he wanted to pay me initially.

Hence, why I'm looking for another job.

-Michelle


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