Just talked to Jeff. His new boss is based out of NYC. Apparently, they have like 15 open headcount on that team, although it’s a slow process to fill them (they can only have 2 req’s open at a time or some such nonsense).
Anyway, Jeff’s boss told him that if he “knew of anyone”, to pass along the resume. And Jeff asked about locations, and was told “Chicago, Columbus, or NYC are what we are looking for.”
So it’s a start. I’ll get my resume over tomorrow, and we’ll see what happens. This would be good for other reasons too; the team is more implementation/project than production (so it’d be back more like what I was doing as a contractor here), plus, I like the folks on that team. It could get dicey; theoretically, you are supposed to stay in your first position for a year before changing. But let’s not put the cart before the horse here!
Edit: To add to the cart before the horse, it would appear that this team is based out of Brooklyn, and is about a ten minute walk from the area that I really like. Also, Hedda tells me that it is “really close to Target”.