Ah, Economy

[bryant]

Yes, the economy does indeed suck; and I have joined the parade of those who've been laid off. This is far from the worst thing that could happen to me, but it is unfortunate in the short term.

So I'm looking! Key elements: director or managerial level position; network/system operations; gaming industry a plus; Boston area a strong plus. I was Sr. Director of Operations for the Lord of the Rings Online game launch; I know how to do smooth launches of AAA MMOs. I was also Sr. Director of Ops for AltaVista back in the day, so I've got some Web experience under my belt as well. Besides the nitty gritty geek experience, I've run customer support groups for both B2B and consumer-oriented products.

My resume is here (HTML) and here (PDF). Comments are OK, but please send via email.

Comments

[emilytheslayer.livejournal.com]

Oh dear. Good luck!

[gentlyepigrams]

Sorry to hear that. Best of luck finding a new position--if I hear of anything it'll be in Austin but we are acquainted with people in your industry.

[bryant]

That is completely OK; Austin is a neat city. We're able to move.

[lynxreign.livejournal.com]

I'm really sorry to hear it.

What technologies are you looking to use? I currently have contact with around 15 agencies in the Boston area and if you'd like the list I can get it to you tonight.

[bryant]

I'd love the list. My sweet spot is probably SAAS work -- online games are basically software as a service. I'm primarily a UNIX guy, and my best hands-on experience is Web-related. I am the perfect person to hire for a startup who can only afford one ops guy right now but wants someone who can build a group later on. I.e., I can build your infrastructure from soup to nuts: datacenter buildout, DNS, monitoring, procedures, SLAs, etc.

[that-cad.livejournal.com]

ARGH. I am so sorry to hear this.

[that-cad.livejournal.com]

Oh, but here's a thing. You are probably not interested in this at all, or are overqualified, but I've been seeing this job-posting on the website for the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts for, like, ever: link (http://www.uscourts.gov/uscjobvac/view/index.cfm?doc=JobVac2008-09-19--11-13-21-506--0.363846153129).

[crs.livejournal.com]

Bleah... good luck!

[peaseblossom.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry to hear it! I just asked Jere to look into what they have available at his company; hopefully he can find something!

[jeregenest.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately everything IT related requires clinical backgrounds and are more statistician based. I'll keep my eyes open.

Let me know if there is anything we can do.

[maps-or-guitars.livejournal.com]

Oh, hell. That's sucktastic. I'll keep my eyes peeled and my ears cocked.

[dcltdw]

Hmpht. How wude!

If you're looking for more headhunters, I had a fairly reasonable discussion with the people at Atlantis Partners a few years ago. Nothing came of it, but hey.

[bryant]

Contacts are always good. Thanks!

[head58.livejournal.com]

Aw crap.

I'll keep my ears open at Tufts, but we're pretty locked down in a hiring freeze at the moment. Crap.

[my-tallest.livejournal.com]

Out of curiosity, how long is the freeze? In the spirit of sharing: my unnamed university has hiring freezes for most parts through this June, and through June 2010 for a large set of departments I could name (and am in.)

[rmd.livejournal.com]

that sucks. sorry to hear. i'll keep an eye out for you.

[bryant]

It's the times, alas. And thank you!

[bdeakin.livejournal.com]

Drag :(

[animal2nd.livejournal.com]

So sorry!

My company has a hiring freeze but I wouldn't recommend the company nor the area in general. I'm afraid I'm not much help other than to offer an ear.

[urnesha.livejournal.com]

:(

[marith.livejournal.com]

Ouch, I'm sorry. Will pass along anything I hear of.

[ratmmjess.livejournal.com]

Ouch. My sympathies.

[dariusk.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry to hear that.

You may want to subscribe to the RSS feed for the Boston Post Mortem Job Board.

Site: http://bostonpostmortem.org/jobboard/
Feed: http://bostonpostmortem.org/jobboard/rss/all/

[bryant]

Oh, good pointer. Thank you.

[my-tallest.livejournal.com]

Sucky!!!

If it's any consolation, the headhunter calls right now are crazy, so there are positions out there. CRAZY. Like, I just got one while reading your post. Well, I'm only one data point, and these jobs are for data warehousing related stuff, but still. Jobs out there is what I'm trying to say.

Financial budgeting systems are very hot right now, for obvious reasons. Claim you know how to set up boxes to run Hyperion Planning/(some other budget app) on Unix. You do, as it's pretty much the same as any app, if more disk.

[ckd]

Perhaps this? (Disclaimer: there's a potential referral bonus deal in it for me if you (1) go through me (2) get an offer (3) take the job.) I know it's not gaming, but I think it's a good place to work.

[bryant]

Yep, that's me. I've actually looked at ITA before and it looked pretty reasonable. I can email you my resume or you can grab it at the links above; what else do I need to do?

[chaoticmoth.livejournal.com]

I am sorry to hear that. :(

[touchofwinter.livejournal.com]

Ugh, sorry to hear that man.
Seriously, good luck out there. Just get on it and stay on it. That's all I can say. Good hunting.

[roniliquidity.livejournal.com]

That's too bad, I'm sorry.

If I see anything along those lines in my own combing, I'll shoot you a note.

[incandescens]

Sorry to hear it, and best of luck finding a new job.

[foxbat.livejournal.com]

I'm very sorry to hear of your change in employment status, Bryant. I wish you a quick search and a better job soon.

[bryant]

Thank you.

If I happen to see anything relevant while I'm poring your employer's listings, should I let you know for purposes of referral credit?

[agrimony.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry to hear that! Good luck with your job search!

[vampyrusgirl.livejournal.com]

That sucks. :( Like I said to michele_blue, I wish I had something helpful to offer, but I don't. :(