Got the job!

As you guys know, about two months ago I was tentatively offered a position as a regulator for online gambling in my state. It was two fold, I had to pass an extensive background check and the position had to be approved by the Governor. Today I got the call, the position was approved and I start on August 12th! $22k pay increase, plus a lot of vacation and sick time. Plus it will be in the security realm covering a lot of different areas!

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Master Of Puppets

Great news! Congrats!

JustFred

Congrats and have a great time

coffeeluvr

Congratulations!!

coreyb80

Congrats and sounds like a great w/ position w/ excellent benefits.

Chitownjedi

Heh, and I've been moaning about this 6 day background check... congrats! Hope its awesome !

silverp1

Congrats man!

NicWhite

Congratulations!

the_Grinch

Yeah man the background check was a pain and was up there in being intensive. Had to provide the following:

Three years of tax returns
A years worth of credit card statements
All my student loan paperwork
A years worth of statements for every bank account I have
The title to my car
Registration
Insurance
References for each place I worked
Three references
Fingerprints
NCIC/State/County/Town check
And I have to submit a list of my assets every year

But all good now

Formally a Network Administrator 1 (the job didn't exist so they grabbed whatever title that fit what they wanted to pay)

zxshockaxz

Thats awesome man! Congratulations! and a 22k pay increase is quite a big difference. enjoy it!

cgrimaldo

congrats!

cyberguypr

Gambling and Regulator don't belong in the same sentence

Having said that, CONGRATS!!!

the_Grinch

Yup, as of August 10th I can no longer gamble in my state. Thankfully, I can still go to concerts though

Roguetadhg

Hah. Mobsters!

Good work, Grinch!

tpatt100

Congrats, glad my "gift" to the Governor helped.

j.petrov

nicely done sir. congrats!

the_Grinch

lol@tpatt100! Thanks guys, feels good to know I'll be off the support desk shortly!

veritas_libertas

@The_Grinch: Is this at all IT related or are you leaving us

Congratulations!

the_Grinch

Ah I won't be hands on too much anymore, though I will test slot machines from time to time. But I will be helping to write and enforce technical regulations for online gambling so from a tech policy side I'm still in the game

Might change the Masters I pursue though...

TLeTourneau

Congratulations, enjoy the new job!

Mike-Mike

congrats, Aug 12th is my tentative start date too

Roguetadhg

You need Rep, Grinch? I give you rep if you stay.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oz3ieeRptUg

instant000

the_Grinch wrote: »

Yeah man the background check was a pain and was up there in being intensive. Had to provide the following:...<snip>

That background check seems mostly financially-related, to make sure you're not a thief or fiscally weak.

Looking at your list made me realize that I don't own a credit card.

Congrats!

If you're allowed to, I'm really curious about how they do supply chain security.

the_Grinch

instant000 definitely, anything not protected by OPSEC I'd be happy to share. Yeah, it comes down to being able to be bribed, but overall my finances aren't bad so it was no big deal.

N2IT

How rude of me to finally get to this thread. Nice job well deserved! Keep us posted on how the new gig works out for you!

lsud00d

Congrats Grinch! Good luck in your new role

Zorodzai

Nice one, congrats on the new job.

minit

Congrats! So this is considered a public sector state job? Is it in AC? Trenton?

Nice Work!

The position sounds really interesting too! How'd you find it?

BradleyHU

nais...berry nais!!!

Snow.bros

Nothing like great news at end of the week, congratulations on the job and all the best of luck for you!!!!

Asif Dasl

A belated Congrats! Hope the new job works out for ya!