Tuesday, October 17, 2006

big decisions

I had a lunch meeting today with 2 guys who are responsible for a local startup here in Chico. I have been in touch with them off and on since the inception of the project, but haven't done any real work for them. I got an email yesterday asking if I could help them out with one aspect of the site before they release it. I said yes.

I guess they are also interested in hiring me to do some code maintenance and possibly some feature requests in the future for them because their head code guru is leaving (for personal reasons... not because he doesn't like it!), and I still don't know what to say. They also mentioned that if they get the site off the ground and stay in the black for a while, they will most likely get a second round of venture funding to expand their operations and maybe start a full-fledged business out of it. They both want me to come along with that as well.

I don't think I'm going to do it, but it was almost flattering that they asked. I've been under the "school" mentality for so long that it startled me to think that in just a year or two I'm going to be out there looking for a real job. I think - okay, I know - that this isn't the job for me (for reasons I'm not going to get into here), but it was still an eye-opener to think that a job like that could be it for me.

I wonder where I'm going to wind up...