Yesterday, I was surprised to receive an out-of-the-blue job offer from the Psychology department at the unnamed university where I attend. It's a short-term, contract position to teach a course this summer. It's actually the same course that I've been teaching all year, but because they don't offer assistantships during the summer, the job title is Adjunct Lecturer. While it doesn't sound auspicious, it does mean that I'll technically be a faculty member at a large university. Technically.

I like this for 2 reasons: first, it's going to look great on my resume; second, I'll be paid $1600 for about 32 hours of work, which comes to $50 per hour, a significantly higher rate than the $11.15 per hour that I made at my last job.

The only catch is that the class has reach enrollment capacity (20), or else it will be cancelled. We'll see how it turns out...