# I have a job!!!!
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-job/590638
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [July 28, 2011, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-job/590638 "2011-07-28T16:36:08Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)
#### Post date: [July 28, 2011, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-job/590638/1 "2011-07-28T16:36:08Z")
18 months of unemployed hell… **IS OVER!!!**
Starting Monday I am the assistant to the director of the Wisconsin Center for Education Research, affiliated with UW Madison here in town. Even better, the director will be traveling for almost two full months (starting Monday), which takes care of one third of my probation period right there. 😛
I’m sure I will have plenty to learn and plenty to do until he returns.
::Happy dance::!!!
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### Author:  [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)
#### Post date: [July 28, 2011, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-job/590638/2 "2011-07-28T16:39:08Z")
Congratulations, and good luck!
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### Author:  [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)
#### Post date: [July 28, 2011, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-job/590638/3 "2011-07-28T16:41:55Z")
Great news. As one who has shared this experience a few times, albeit 10 months was the longest for me, I know exactly how it feels.
Congratulations.
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### Author:  [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)
#### Post date: [July 28, 2011, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-job/590638/4 "2011-07-28T16:42:53Z")
That’s wonderful; congrats! 😃
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### Author:  [@Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dread_Pirate_Jimbo)
#### Post date: [July 28, 2011, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-job/590638/5 "2011-07-28T16:46:12Z")
Congrats, **Boyo Jim**! Hope it goes very well for you.
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### Author:  [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)
#### Post date: [July 28, 2011, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-job/590638/6 "2011-07-28T16:51:33Z")
Congrats!
StG
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### Author:  [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)
#### Post date: [July 28, 2011, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-job/590638/7 "2011-07-28T17:00:13Z")
Congratulations! I’d throw confetti but it would make a mess. Getting a job after a long stint of unemployment sure feels like stepping in out of the cold, doesn’t it? Good for you!
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### Author:  [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)
#### Post date: [July 28, 2011, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-job/590638/8 "2011-07-28T17:05:40Z")
Great news. All the best with the new job 🆒
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### Author:  [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)
#### Post date: [July 28, 2011, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-job/590638/9 "2011-07-28T17:11:35Z")
Congratulations. It’s a good feeling to land a decent job after a long stretch of unemployment. I know all about it.
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### Author:  [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)
#### Post date: [July 28, 2011, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-job/590638/10 "2011-07-28T17:24:30Z")
Congratulations!
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### Author:  [@PandaBear77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PandaBear77)
#### Post date: [July 28, 2011, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-job/590638/11 "2011-07-28T17:43:06Z")
Great news!! Congrats!
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### Author:  [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)
#### Post date: [July 28, 2011, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-job/590638/12 "2011-07-28T17:51:38Z")
Congratulations! 🙂
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### Author:  [@slightly\_askew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slightly_askew)
#### Post date: [July 28, 2011, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-job/590638/13 "2011-07-28T17:54:43Z")
Woo hoo!!! Congrats!
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### Author:  [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)
#### Post date: [July 28, 2011, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-job/590638/14 "2011-07-28T18:26:37Z")
Congrats. Nothing makes you appreciate a soul sucking job like not having one. 😉
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### Author:  [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)
#### Post date: [July 28, 2011, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-job/590638/15 "2011-07-28T18:40:08Z")
Congrats! That’s fantastic!
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### Author:  [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)
#### Post date: [July 28, 2011, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-job/590638/16 "2011-07-28T18:41:16Z")
WooT! So happy for you!
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### Author:  [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)
#### Post date: [July 28, 2011, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-job/590638/17 "2011-07-28T19:13:48Z")
I’m pretty sure I heard the director during the interview muttering about a hot tub on the roof. I am going to make that happens for him before he returns from his travels. 😛
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### Author:  [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)
#### Post date: [July 28, 2011, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-job/590638/18 "2011-07-28T19:26:16Z")
Congratulations! _:: throws confetti, goes 😛 @ Opal ::_
Be sure to write up your on-the-job stories for us.
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### Author:  [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)
#### Post date: [July 28, 2011, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-job/590638/19 "2011-07-28T20:05:27Z")
Excellent, dude! This alone should cause the market to rebound, _n’est ce pas_?
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### Author:  [@Bri2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bri2k)
#### Post date: [July 28, 2011, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-job/590638/20 "2011-07-28T21:23:32Z")
Wow is it ever nice to hear good news on the employment front!
Congratulations and best of luck, **Boyo**!
Bri2k
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