update...

so, the interview went great. it's kinda funny, because i didn't know it when it happened but one of the people i work with is really good friends with one of the people that interviewed me. i'm in the i.t. field, and the folks that i interviewed with aren't headhunters or a placement agency. they're i.t. consultants. but everyonce in awhile a client of theirs will need to grow their staff and they'll ask these guys to keep an eye out for qualified applicants. this is a larger consulting firm with a full staff of recruiters and alot of their customers are smaller and don't really know all the right questions to ask. so the consulting firm loved me and think i'm a perfect fit for the job, and submitted me forward, but they're a little puzzled because neither them or i have heard from the actual client. however if it doesn't work out, apparently they liked me enough that i think i might get an offer from them as well.

so it's just a matter of sitting back and waiting now. oddly enough, on monday my department head (my boss' boss) called me into his office and asked me some pointed questions. last week i was making some copies on the multi-function printer and he jokingly asked if i was faxing my resume out, and asked me how i was doing. this week he asked again, and we had a long discussion. he's new, and he's really trying to make changes for the better and i think he'll succeed. so it's tempting to want to stick it out and see how things improve.

the long and short of it is that i think i'm in a win-win situation. if i get the job offer, it'll be a good step forward for me. if i don't, i think that the work environment here will improve significantly and i think there might be some growth potential here soon.

so that's what's been going on here.