Res ipsa loquitur

OK, I've just had a blinding flash of the obvious, which I want to share in case there's anybody else out there who, like me, didn't already know this.

As many of you know, I'm job-hunting. Now, for years I was working as a journalist and looking for different journalist jobs, and each time I went hunting, I'd break out the previous resume and add the latest job and move forward.

Now I'm changing careers, and I'm learning that a resume is not an adequate tool for career record-keeping.

( Because ... )

The nine steps of learning new software:

1. Must I? Must I really?
   
2. Intimidated.
   
3. Have one path through the forest and don't want to deviate from it.
   
4. Confused.
   
5. OMG magic vistas open up before me!
   
6. OMG I love this program! Have you seen this program??
   
7. Look at me! I'm a power user!
   
8. Yeah, OK, now I can settle down and get some work done.
   
9. Oh, that. Been there, done that.
   

I'm horribly late at announcing these, but:

- Cybel Harper has done a podbook of kinseyx's podfic of my Harry/Snape story, The Familiar, with cover art by barbana.

- luzula has done a podfic of my Due South story, American Way.

for those who've been wondering:

( Updates on the cat, the school fire, the job, and the midlife crisis inside. )

And what's new in your worlds?

Or: Who wants to help the Res decide what she wants to be when/if she grows up? (Not cutting because I want maximum input, but I'll try to keep it brief.)

I've been doing the exercises in What Color Is Your Parachute, and have ended up with a list of transferable skills and a list of interests.

Skills:

Analyze
Solve problems/see patterns
Evaluate
Imagine/invent
Classify/organize
Plan

Interests:

Social sciences
Design of spaces
Communication studies
Folklore
Speculative fiction
Libraries

The next step is to ask everyone I know: Do these suggest any job titles to you? Do they suggest any job fields to you?

The best job I ever had was one that I didn't know such a thing existed until I found myself interviewing for it, so I'm very open to unexpected suggestions from you brainy and extremely diverse people. (Please feel free to share this post; I'm very interested in advice from everyone, whether I know them or not.)