I think I’ve probably seen goodwill hunting too many times. Cause whenever I imagine myself in Boston, i am a janitor at one of the 1000 universities…accept without the being a supergenious part.
God has it that my future may involve a big move soon, along with some other big changes. This is no anouncement of anything, other than its what is on my mind…moving to Boston that is.
I mean really what would I do there? I have worked for a grassroots int’l NGO for 3 years now. Boston has lots of NGO’s but they are all the suit and tye type, with million dollar budgets, and lobbyists. I don’t want to wear a tye or report to my boss, who reports to a boss, who reports to a boss. But I am certainly not feeling that my life in int’l development is over. But competing with the Harvard, MIT, Cambridge, BU graduates doesn’t sound too appealing. I am not one to sell myself.
I know, should I end up in Boston, I will be trying to be a goodrole model for an oddly independent 8 year old and a good partner to an ambitious law student. That alone sounds like a full time job to me. Maybe I could write music and a book while I wait for them to get home. That sounds nice too, but I don’t think I’ll make more than like a dollar doing that.
I’ve been trying to think of independent business ideas, to make some cash without being tied to any thing.
Boston is not for sure by any means. But I am taking advice should anyone have any.
Boston is rad and it would be sweet to have you here…plus I could totally hook you up with a janitor job…
Hey! How exciting! I’ve always wanted to go check Boston out … and all that much better if you’ve got someone worthwhile to stand by while you do (word on the street is that she’s pretty cool, by the way
I don’t know if any would ever be of interest, but I often get East coast NGO job offers in my inbox … I’ll start passing them on if they’d be of interest. Good to see you back on the blog 
That’s a head trip man. I’ll call you later. I know you’re not one to sell yourself, but you actually have a pretty good resume, once you write it of course. Project management, program management, fundraising, community relations, public relations… you’ve worn many hats for Slum Doctor and you have learned a ton of things while doing that. I know you don’t give yourself credit for all of it, and sometimes it is hard to see how much you have learned from your own perspective. But you have tons of marketable skills from what you’ve learned, and if you want to stay in the ngo non-profit world, you have a very competitive resume. don’t sell yourself short. You can and will do fine in Boston. If you guys head over there, i am excited for you.
Alanna, I would love to see what kinds of job offers fill your inbox. Are they coming through an online “headhunter” type company? or just places you have applied to?