Just how long was I able to make my severance package last? Mmm, about 7 weeks. And I haven’t even touched the bonus payment they still owe me! Why is this significant? Because as of this morning at about 10:30am, I am officially employed. Yes, you heard correctly. In this insanely hot IT market in Toronto, it only took me two weeks to find a new job, and that’s only because I played phone tag with the HR lady for most of that time. I had applied to my new employer on my first day of job hunting, last Monday, and secured the job by Friday, a total of 10 business days. Impressive. So I’ll be working as the lone technical writer for now, although I don’t know if they’ll be hiring any more. At any rate, they don’t have anything ready in terms of docs or anything, so I’ll pretty much have free reign to do what I want, when I want. More importantly, I was able to negotiate a salary increase not only from my previous job, but also from their initial offer, as well as securing an extra week’s vacation per year. Nice. I guess my sister’s negotiating skills are starting to rub off, because she does this all the time and succeeds!

So my time off ends Aug. 19th, and I start work again Aug. 20th. Still have two weeks to play around and do nothing, which rocks.