Interestingly enough, the phone interview went pretty well today. For those too lazy to read my my blog entry below, I was interviewing for a job working with computers in Iraq on a military base. Awesome pay, and the promise of possible death. WOO.
Anyway, it went well enough that HR for the company has asked me for an in-person interview (within 20 minutes of the phone interview, no less). I’m excited. I’m not completely sure that I’ll take the job if I get it, but it’s good experience to interview regardless. Brush up on those resume skills and what not. I have to say, the prospect of working in Iraq does appeal to me, and I know that the prospect doesn’t really appeal to anyone else in my family.
I found out that the reason the job is open is because, unfortunately, the contractor that held the job previously died. And pretty much the way you guessed it, he was caught in a crossfire. Now, I’ve said this before: I’m not afraid of death. I’m a little concerned about how much pain I’ll be in previous to dying, but other than that… not worried. Getting shot doesn’t sound so pleasant, though. I guess I’ll have to put that in the “con” category.
I was told my primary function in this position will be to go out and repair remote communication links. Which, yeah, it sounds incredibly interesting, but those suckers are pretty much primary targets. It would make me a primary target, and I would be in a moving vehicle most of the day running around to these various things. But I’m still fascinated and way too interested to ignore the prospects. Ahh, who am I kidding. If I get offered the job, I’m going to have a hard time turning it down.
Unless I have an exceptional reason for turning it down… at this point, I don’t know what that would be. You never know, though. People can come in to your life at unexpected moments and turn everything upside down. *shrug* I suppose that’s just as equally possible.