# I got a job! Woohoo! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 17, 2011, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-job-woohoo/571746 "2011-02-17T21:37:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-job-woohoo/571746/1 "2011-02-17T21:37:16Z")
I haven’t had a job since before I went back to school in 2006. **Motorgirl** let me know about a job in her department and I applied and lo and behold, I got it 😃 It’s part time which means that I can still do my freelance work without overtaxing myself and it also means that I may be able to do some temping too, who knows. Anyway, it’s money we didn’t have before and my husband and I had really mostly talked about me working part time anyway. So anyway, I’m really excited and it didn’t even take that long… I mean I only have really been looking for a month. Go me! ---
**Author:** ![ratatoskK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ratatoskk/32/2987_2.png) [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-job-woohoo/571746/2 "2011-02-17T21:40:23Z")
YAY!!! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-job-woohoo/571746/3 "2011-02-17T21:41:52Z")
Congratulations! ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_fun_ball/32/17664_2.png) [@Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Fun_Ball)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-job-woohoo/571746/4 "2011-02-17T21:57:10Z")
Congrats! ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-job-woohoo/571746/5 "2011-02-17T22:37:24Z")
[ul][li]Good for you[/li][li]Congratulations. And[/li][li]Nah, I can’t do it.[/ul][/li] Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-job-woohoo/571746/6 "2011-02-17T22:56:58Z")
W00t! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-job-woohoo/571746/7 "2011-02-17T23:20:22Z")
Congrats! Wishing you luck and joy in your new career. ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-job-woohoo/571746/8 "2011-02-17T23:57:01Z")
Excellent! Congratulations. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-job-woohoo/571746/9 "2011-02-18T03:22:17Z")
Congrats, Opal! I’ll assume it’s because of all the advice in that other thread. Surely one of the comments said something about networking. 🙂 -D/a ---
**Author:** ![MoodIndigo1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@MoodIndigo1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoodIndigo1)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-job-woohoo/571746/10 "2011-02-18T03:23:47Z")
Congratulations, Opal! Sounds like things are falling into place for you. (fingers crossed). ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-job-woohoo/571746/11 "2011-02-18T05:33:12Z")
You do realize there is a SDMB finder’s fee, don’t you? And the SDMB support fee? ---
**Author:** ![RedWood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f08c70/32.png) [@RedWood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedWood)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-job-woohoo/571746/12 "2011-02-18T05:38:09Z")
YAAAAAY! \o/ \o/ \o/ \o/ \o/ _does the Happy Dance_ ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-job-woohoo/571746/13 "2011-02-18T05:52:23Z")
[ul] [li] **OpalCat** gets a job.[/li][li][Cliché omitted — anyway, it’s out of place.][/li][li]Profit!!![/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-job-woohoo/571746/14 "2011-02-18T06:06:44Z")
Congratulations. Slowly but surely we’re all finding jobs. I hope I see more of these kinds of posts. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-job-woohoo/571746/15 "2011-02-18T11:14:52Z")
> [@OpalCat](#): > > **Motorgirl** let me know about a job in her department and I applied and lo and behold, I got it 😃 …Go me! And Go **Motorgirl**! You do realize you owe her at least lunch, right? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Motorgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Motorgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Motorgirl)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-job-woohoo/571746/16 "2011-02-18T13:29:13Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > And Go **Motorgirl**! You do realize you owe her at least lunch, right? 🙂 Mmmm. Dining hall food. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-job-woohoo/571746/17 "2011-02-18T16:17:52Z")
> [@Duckster](#): > > You do realize there is a SDMB finder’s fee, don’t you? > And the SDMB support fee? Opal could probably juggle it off. And WTG Opal! ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-job-woohoo/571746/18 "2011-02-18T18:22:26Z")
I’ll happily take Motorgirl to lunch. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Weird\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@The\_Weird\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Weird_One)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-job-woohoo/571746/19 "2011-02-18T18:34:35Z")
Way to go! Is it something interesting, too, or just a way to kill time and make money?