Digging in
Got my presentation topic for Perdóndaris. (They answer fast, always a pleasant thing.) Very different from the last two I did, both of which were fairly techie. This one is all about the systems analysis, project management, and people-wrangling.
Isn’t it lucky I’m just finishing a systems-analysis class. Isn’t it just. (And that ACRL preconference is turning out to be worth its weight in gold, too.)
I tell you what, I would have been scared to death of this topic coming into library school. Looking at it now, though, my problem is more getting all my ideas out of my brain through my fingers before I forget them.
This should be good. This should be very good. I can knock this one out of the ballpark. And what’s even better than that, in my opinion, is that Perdóndaris is treating this as a chance to engage with real challenges they (and the person they hire) will face. I’m not trumping up some PowerPoint this time just so they can see that I’m not subject to stage fright. What I say to them will matter, even if I don’t end up the lucky stiff they actually hire.
I like that vein of pragmatism. I like it a lot. I feel a bit like Goldilocks, truthfully. Fine places though they both were, Ruritania felt a bit too hot for me, and Rohan a bit too cold. Keeping in mind that I really mustn’t get too attached to a job I may not get—Perdóndaris is starting to feel just right.