Best Buy CEO Anderson Got $1.16 Million Salary For FY06

And I can’t pay my bills.
I call shanannigans!

I applied to Marketing FX in Chicago, and they want me to interview.  I will probably head up there sometime late next week.  It’s my curiosity that drives me more than anything else.  I’ve always loved Chicago, but the possibility of me actually living there has never been such a close possibility.  Kids do it all the time, right?

I also applied for a marketing position with Warren International in Indianapolis.  I think they were in the 23948234 jobs I applied to when I first graduated — they even responded, I think — but I decided to stay in Bloomington.  I’ve actually used FACEBOOK as my networking tool for this, searching for the company and then sending random people messages inquiring about their jobs.  I also talked to a co-worker whose ex works there, and apparently it was voted one of the top places to work in Indiana.  So say-a-little-prayer-for-meeeeeeeee. Getting a job at Warren would involve me moving up to Carmel.  (For my Michigan readers, Carmel is to Indianapolis as Rockford is to Grand Rapids, except 3x more bourgeois.) I knew nothing of Carmel before attending IU, and for four years I was brainwashed into thinking it was basically one huge, gated suburb.  (which, less face it, it probably is).  But it’s a nice area. (even if it is 92% caucasian?)

Both companies are marketing firms, but it’s obvious that they want the entry-level chillun for SALES efforts.  I never saw myself in sales, even though I am told every five seconds that “that’s where the money is.”  I am coming to grips with the reality that I’m not going to get exactly what I want with my lack of experience.  Even if it is sales, I will earn commission/bonuses.  Even if I suck at it, I will still be making more than I am now.

Perhaps the most nerve-wracking aspect of all of this?  Wherever I go, I will most likely take Damon with me.  Damon, plus cat! Co-habitation!  This makes me hyperventilate, both in that really excited/anxiety attack kind of way.

Okay, I’m still sorting out my feelings.