3 posts tagged “job”
I still don't know what I was waiting for
And my time was running wild
A million dead-end streets
Every time I thought I'd got it made
It seemed the taste was not so sweet
So I turned myself to face me
But I've never caught a glimpse
Of how the others must see the faker
I'm much too fast to take that test
Changes indeed. Between now and Friday I will be deciding whether I will take on this new job offer, not previously mentioned. I had a couple of more parties interested, but one was based too far away, one said they didn't have time to take me on until July, maybe, and one seemed a great company, but offered me far less money than I am making now. And then one company, the one I least expected to be able to meet my requirements came through and offered me a job meeting almost all my requirements. So now it's decision time and it turns out it's not as easy as I expected. Leaving the known, safe and secure behind for the unknown is not an easy thing to do, and I am feeling intimidated by it. Intimidated but at the same time excited and glad to get out of a situation that has made me very unhappy over the last couple of months, if not years. The new job comes with perks though, a very small company (about 40 people) that take on anything thrown at them, it's very close to home and because they're small, they're not so hung up on procedures and all that. Also, it's pretty close to home, so close that I could consider cycling there, though maybe it's just a little too far for that.
Tonight I'll be going to see Kasabian. Aside from that I finally found a standing ticket for The Who in June, so I can go and say hi to Tom. I also found someone to take on my ATP Festival spare ticket, so that'll give me back 120 squid. A much needed 120 squid, if I may add. I just booked my flights for that... 30 euro for the flight, 40 for the taxes. Nuts. The less I pay for flights, the less secure I feel in getting on them. Planes are bound to fall from the sky at that rate! Either way, I'm landing in Bristol early in the morning on April 26, which should give me some time to catch up with Pete. I haven't decided whether I'll train it down to Minehead that day, or stay in Bristol one night and head down to Minehead the next day. Frankly, I'm disorganised.
On the pets-and-four-legged-monsters front Storm just got his shots and now finally has a full bill of health, including his very own passport. And the other monster, Solon, is getting a lot of medical attention as well. He has been pretty impossible the past few months, reacting in a way that seems just a little too extreme to not have an actual cause. So I want the vet to turn him inside out and either tell me what's wrong with him, or tell me nothing is wrong with him, in which case he just needs to go to boot camp to learn how to behave :-]
If the whole job things go ahead, I'll be working here for another two months, of which one will be spent on a paid vacation. I have so many days saved up, that I will be off for a month. Spending April doing absolutely fuck all is very tempting indeed. The downside is that the Dirty Three seem to be touring in May, so I'll miss seeing them.
So there's my update. A pretty long one, but there's a lot going on at the moment as well. Pretty exciting stuff!
Yes yes, I'm still alive. I have let this blog lapse horribly, and I have absolutely no excuse. Lots has been happening, some exciting stuff and some stuff that made (and makes) me cringe.
I don't really feel all that well though. For some reason getting through every day feels like being on auto pilot and that's not a very nice feeling at all. Even now, when I just got up on a lazy Saturday morning, with the prospect of competing my horse in the evening, it seems a drag and I really need to push myself to do anything at all. I'm not entirely sure what causes it. It may just the winter blues (what winter?), but I suspect it has more to do with the work blues. The prospect of a new job makes the current job's situation just seem worse and worse (or maybe it really is). Maybe tomorrow I'll try to take Solon to the beach to clear my head. No idea what the weather is doing tomorrow though...
As for the exciting news... I did see a John Cale concert which was good, but also slightly funny with the average age being around 50. Cale somewhat resembles a drowned cat with his hair dyed in a punky purple, black and white pattern. I'm not quite sure yet what to make of that on a 65 year old man. I also went out to see The Prestige (finally!) to see Mr. Bowie and because the story is interesting. It ended up being a really entertaining movie, though I'm not so sure about David's fake Polish accent. I liked the moodiness of his character though. The plot became blatantly obvious to me somewhat in the middle of the movie, but I suspect some other people never guessed it. Decent enough movie... Then there was the news that the Who are finally coming to the Netherlands which is cool. Not that I care about The Who much, but I'll finally get the chance to say hi to Tom again. I still owe him one, so I need to think on a pressie or something (I suck at such things!)
And on the job front things are moving quite fast. I turned down the job that to me seemed really far away and had a few more interviews. One of those is a big internet developer and I will be having an interview with this Monday to discuss their offer as a Senior Application Manager (or whatever it translates to). Another company also seems interested, but they're much smaller and I'm not sure they'll be able to meet my salary requirements. Then there is the company I mentioned before, that were very interested in me, but they didn't have the time to properly get me going until/maybe July, so that's a bit of a dead end. With the end result of me being interested in working for two of those, and one getting ready to put their offer on the table, I should get ready for some dealing and wheeling between all of them. It's nice to feel appreciated and wanted for a change.
Next concert up is Kasabian and then I think I may need a little break. Speaking of little breaks, if the job changes go through, I may end up with a month or so time off... another very welcome treat.
So the Highline Festival David Bowie was putting together was going to be the highlight (no pun intended) of my summer this year. Notice the past tense there? David has made it known that he won't be performing at the festival himself, because he's too busy with another project. He is, however, still curating the thing.
That's all very nice, but I think in that case I won't be spending a couple of grand on spending two and a half weeks in NYC. So all of the sudden I have a little more money and loads of time on my hands. While I'm disappointed about the festival, I am very happy with my brandnew 250Gb external harddrive, which will finally let me back up my concert pictures. I have been a little paranoid about losing those, since I have no backup of them whatsoever. Another wannahavensoon is a 19" TFT monitor. I saw a very nice widescreen one at MyCom which is just dying to be bought. Then I can finally kick out those bloody useless CRT monitors I have lying around everywhere. Storm is going to dislike that, since he likes sitting on top of it :)
The other day I had a half look at the Monster job search site and updated my resume. Two days down the road, I am being harassed by headhunters. It is very flattering, I admit. Three jobs are looking very interesting. One at a bank (network engineer), one at an international internet services company (Unix admin) and one at as a Security Analyst with an international company. All look good, especially the third one, but I haven't heard back from them yet. The first one is a recruiter chasing me and the middle one has already booked me in for a job interview, though frankly, I have second thoughts about how strong my UNIX skills are at the moment. But hey, they're chasing me, so can't hurt to have a look.
It's actually very food for my ego and after hearing we're in for another rollercoaster ride at my current job, I have kind of had it here. I think I am ready to move on at this point. No idea how this will work out, but it's encouraging anyway.
