One thread had real-estate URLs. The next had a systems interview.
The real-estate work was OptiTrex. A collaborator sent me sites found through an SEO tool and an approved email template aimed at Denver. He was preparing to work on the business full time. Earlier in the year I had helped him sort through an unfinished website. Now the questions were target communities, search traffic, pages, and outreach.
The job thread came from CDM Optics. A hiring manager found my resume and wanted to talk about an IT systems administrator position. We started finding a time for the call.
I had sent thirteen technical applications the week before. Windows, Unix, Linux, networks, VMware, and systems administration. Several conversations were moving at once.
Praxis was still active. My current systems job was still active. The side project did not wait for the job search, and the interviews did not wait for the side project.
For this week, both paths were still open.
One needed traffic and an email template. The other needed a conversation about servers, networks, and the role. I was working on both.
The OptiTrex work was equally concrete. There were target sites, an approved message, and a list of Denver communities to contact. No big launch announcement. Just a collaborator getting ready to work on it full time and me helping move the web side forward.
The systems resume covered Linux, Windows, VMware, networking, security, monitoring, and backups. The real-estate thread covered search terms, pages, and outreach. Different work, same inbox.