Thanks, all.
I was going to ask if at least the night shift hours were better.
3pm to 11:30pm. Not terrible, all things considered. Left to my own devices, I normally stay awake until 1 or 2am and then sleep until 10am or so. So absolutely no danger of hitting the snooze button one too many times.
Kalshane, that's great. 15 minutes is a much shorter commute than your old job too, right?
Actually, nope. Old job was a 5 minute commute. But since I always went home for lunch with my old job, and it's not really feasible with new job, I won't really be using up that much more gas.
Not that one should be using my job search as an illuminating one. Everybody's getting jobs but me. The recruiter thing is slow and torturous. Which reminds me, time to go ping a couple.
The recruiter I was working with didn't end up doing much of anything for me, though in their defense their focus was more on jobs within the city itself and most of their clients were looking for specialized systems people, rather than end-user support.
The consulting/staffing firm, however, got me this position within 8 days of first contact. I was hesitant to go with them at first due to wanting a permanent position, not to play the contracting game, but it ended up working out really well. Looking at their website, they have an L.A. office. Though it's likely you've already communicated with them by now.