Mike's New Job

Today is Mike's birthday so I thought I'd do a quick post about him and update you on his new job. After working at the golf course for 13 years (plus a few more years at other courses), he decided it was time for a change.  For the past 2+ years he's been taking a few night classes in the computer networking field and around that same time he started job hunting.  It has taking him many many applications, many interviews and lots of disappointment.  But, he finally found a great job for him. He got hired by the City of Chaska as a Network & Field Tech.  The city has its own Internet provider so basically he needs to make sure that it is always working and if there are any problems, he'll troubleshoot to fix it.  Alot of the work can be done from the office but he still will be out and going to the businesses or homes to fix something on site if it can't be done from the office.  

We are hoping that this will become a great job for him that he grows to love (and not regret).  So far so good and he's really enjoying it!  His friend Wade also works with him and was part of the reason Mike got hired.  Another bonus about this job is that it is more pay than he was making at the golf course.  This is the only job that he applied for where he wouldn't be taking a starting out pay cut so we are super excited about that.  And, since he is working for the city, he'll have good benefits, extra perks like a membership to the community center, and paid bank Holiday's.  The holiday's is something so new to us also because he's used to working every summer holiday and here he gets every holiday off plus the weird ones like MLK Day etc.  

To celebrate his birthday he is with his friends on their annual ice fishing trip.