THE JOB
So here are the deets on my new job. This company called The Gear Co-Op buys outdoor products (mostly rock climbing gear right now) from companies, then ships them to Amazon's warehouse, and sells these products from www.GearCoop.com. We never actually see most of the products since Amazon does ALL of the shipping and storage for us, it's a great way to run a business.
I am in charge of the website design, most of the layout too, driving traffic to the website, and maintaining any miscellaneous "Webstore" issues here and there. On top of that I am a product manager for several major manufactures such as The North Face, Arc'teryx, Merrell, and Chaco. When the new catalogs come out I will go through and create an order of the latest and greatest products. It's also my job to make sure we're up-to-date on the newest "crave" in the outdoor industry by talking to brand reps. So it's definitely a great.. maybe even perfect fit for me and I think I'll love it once I get in the flow of things.
LIVING SITUATIONWell, that's yet to be determined. I'm taking a step-by-step approach to it though, which is unusual for me. I want to find two people that I feel I can live well with, then figure out what we can afford, and lastly start looking seriously for a place. There's anything from $600/mo 1 rooms with other strangers to $4,800/mo 3 bedroom homes on the beach. Everyone wants to be ON the beach and pay as little as possible. At the moment I'm staying with Terry, the guy who started and owns The Gear Co-Op, his wife, and son James. Next week I will be couchsurfing with different people but hopefully I'll get my own 'place on the beach' soon.
Overall I am excited about everything but I'm really ready to make friends and start learning the ins & outs of the place. I fear that people won't be as intimate here but I hope I'm very wrong. I will try to keep this blog updated but you know how that goes...
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