…to the universe again, because you'll never get what you want if you don't know what you want—and this forces me to specify exactly what that is.
Ideally, I want to work for a small company (approximately 250 employees or less).
I don't want to be the sole I.T. guy, but I wouldn't mind being the sole person responsible for—as one of my old supervisors used to say—everything on this side of the wall. I want someone else (and I don't care if I report to him or not) taking care of the servers, the routers, the goddamned wiring, dealing with the vendors…in short, everything on that side of the wall.
A Mac shop would be nice, but not an absolute requirement.
A relaxed, jeans-and-polos-as-appropriate attire environment would be great.
I also want the typical benefits that used to be a standard package given to you when employed: health insurance that doesn't bankrupt you if something goes wrong, paid holidays, sick leave and two weeks' paid vacation.
If I can find all that, the salary is flexible, but nothing less than $45K a year.
And a bit of positive feedback from my supervisors might be nice too. In short, someplace where I'd be reasonably happy until I retire.
Is that asking so fucking much?
Have you looked at any of the colleges or universities in the PHX area? Higher Ed isn't perfect but I think you're skillset might be appreciated there.