minor accomplishments, including on the employment front

[redbird]

I've sent info to some kind of editing/proofreading agency, and we'll see if they're interested. They got, along with samples, a note that one recent project is under an NDA and that I can ask for it to be lifted if our discussions reach that stage. But they want to do everything online, and the proofreading I did for that job was on paper, at the request of the author (who emailed me PDFs).

I also attempted to apply for an in-house job, and after assorted rigamarole and turning on Javascript and all, wound up sending email to webmaster@<that domain> explaining that requiring people to fill in a password when they have clicked on the "I forgot my password" button is not useful. If s/he doesn't reply, or doesn't exist, I'll just give them a new email address (since I have an almost-infinite supply thereof) and try again.

Meanwhile, I have 2⁷×5 support points, and am #77 on the high score list. That and a Metrocard will get me on the subway.

Now for lunch and a trip to the gym.

Comments

[purpletigron.livejournal.com]

Synchronicity - I just had supper, and am about to go to the gym :-)

BTW, your 2^7x5 is on a bit of typographical high?

[redbird]

Yes, I'd left out a close tag.

[bibliofile.livejournal.com]

Good luck with the NDA thing. Almost all of my later work was under NDAs. I wouldn't think of asking permission to use samples because a lot of it dealt with internal business processes and procedures, for HR and Quality departments.

#77 on the high score list sounds respectable. Just think of the (additional) good karma it may bestow upon you -- and it keeps you off the streets, where you might cause Trouble.

[redbird]

There are two things going on there. One is that it's a way of telling the potential employer that I understand NDAs (since they say some of their work is covered by same). The other is that, in this case the NDA is about information not leaking out prematurely rather than about it being kept confidential forever, so at the right time the client may be willing to release me from it.

[bibliofile.livejournal.com]

Yes, that is what's going on -- plus my own subtext of jealousy, that your NDAs will at some point expire.