Jobs. Jobs? Jobs!! ACK JOBS.

So I'm looking for a job.  Kind of.  But only a really good job.

Reading job ads is like career counseling for me.  No; no; maybe; HELL NO; that salary is laughable; you couldn't pay me enough; NO NO NO; very appealing but not full-time; NO.

This is what I've gottenso far:  I don't really need a job.  My nebulous,yet well-founded, fear that I should work soon or I'll never find a job?  It is insufficient inducement to take just any job.  I want something interesting, well-paid (reflecting both my FancyPants PhD and my years at Bicycle Company, as well as other various skills including bossing/herding groups of cats scientists, nerds, and programmers around), and that will further my long-term goals.  I will not work as a bicycle mechanic, because it's a poorly-paid dead end.  I literally shudder with revulsion when I see research scientist (labwork) positions.  (This tells me that, in fact,  you couldn't pay me enough.)  College teaching positions of various kinds inspire a resounding MEH.

On the other hand, grant management, research effectiveness, project management, and Bicycle Company management all do interest me.  There are a couple openings that would be great - an hour away.  And, thinking about it, I realize that I would not commute two hours a day.  (I applied for it anyways. If I am not the best-qualified applicant they have, I will eat my best hat, with mustard.*)

Also, I realize that possibly, I should look into MBA/ MPM -type stuff.  Because I am a big ol' bossypants.

* Look, I don't go in for false modesty; unless there's another former Bicycle Company employee around here, it's true.