Today the summer holidays start. A time when my feelings have been known to bounce between "oh crap now they're home ALL THE TIME" and "...but it's still kinda nice and relaxed, this holiday thing". (I do think the latter feeling only really came to the fore in the last year or so. Before then… Continue reading Schoooool’s out for summer: 5 things 16.7.18
…and then I breathed out: 3 things 9.7.18
I've already been bragging all over social media in a most unseemly fashion, so I won't dwell on this, but: I got the job.* The surprise possibility that came out of nowhere and ticks all my boxes. It happened. Five years of job hunting, done. Job alerts unsubscribed. Done. Ok, no, I am going to dwell… Continue reading …and then I breathed out: 3 things 9.7.18
5 things 2.7.18
Two great interviews last Monday, though I already heard I didn't get one of those jobs. The other one was already a "final" interview and I should hear on Wednesday if they're making me an offer. That's my third favourite of what were three possibilities. The top favourite is still open (and I hope to… Continue reading 5 things 2.7.18
Life is a rollercoaster: 5 things 25.6.18
I have definitely passed through the panic stage of the new job. I know this because I have reached the bored stage. Which isn't fair or necessary, it's not intrinsically boring, but things have quietened down enough that I'm not riding on adrenaline and that gives me time to get fed up with sitting in… Continue reading Life is a rollercoaster: 5 things 25.6.18
This week I learned: 5 things 18.6.18
Working is supposed to be boost self-esteem, and it basically does, but spending your days reading and writing about the astonishing things being done by really young, really smart people all on the verge of changing the world is maybe not that helpful. Basically every startup there is is doing something with blockchain, or quantum. Nano… Continue reading This week I learned: 5 things 18.6.18
Working hard or hardly working: 5 things 11.6.18
Getting past the overwhelmed stage of new job. Now in the stage where I alternate between anxiety that I'm not feeling panicky, because what have I missed, and brief interludes of confidence, quickly interrupted by jolts of panic as I realise what I did indeed miss. All semi-smooth on the logistical front. Traffic isn't normally quite… Continue reading Working hard or hardly working: 5 things 11.6.18
I’ll just get the moaning out of my system then: 5 things 4.6.18
People keep asking how the job's going, and all I can say is, it's not fun yet. I have not yet reached my awesome. It's a lot to learn, it's very different to previous jobs in many ways, and I haven't had much time to do the learning – I've only been "on" for three… Continue reading I’ll just get the moaning out of my system then: 5 things 4.6.18
