A quick work update and banking rant:
Whilst the freelance work has been warming up nicely, it’s not yet enough to live on. So I figured it’s time to slide that to evenings/weekends and return to the world of regular work.
I applied for a couple of jobs back at uni that seemed like good fits. One was Web Programmer and System Admin based in Maths. The other was a Teaching Fellowship for Evolutionary Computation and AI based in Computer Science. I was short-listed for the former but not the latter, based on experience. Go figure.
I figure the WebDev/SysAdmin post has a bunch of advantages. I’ll be learning lots of stuff that’ll be useful for the future. I’ll be able to clock off at 5pm and have do wild things like go for a beer without feeling guilty on multiple fronts. Plus it’s a change of scenery, which I always find energising, whilst maintaining a healthy geek quotient. I’m looking forward my 1st Aug start – a Friday!
A change of bank is also in order after getting an unfamiliar “computer says ‘no'” experience less than a week before getting the job offer. I’ve been with Lloyds TSB for 14 years and put up with mediocre services, ineptitude and clunky systems solely on the grounds that I could point to my record if I needed some extra slack. Toss any banking recommendations in comments.
Here are some recent random photos:
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