Occasional musings from a Left-coast Canadian ExPat in Oxford.
It’s like deja vu all over again! The people who sign my paycheque are about to change for the 2nd time this year. The investment firm who closed the deal to purchase my employer on the first of the year have flipped us to a major player in the industry. Personally I think the two … Continue reading Boioioioioing
This sounds like whining – and it probably is – but if you have a potential answer (or just want to tell me to shut the hell up) then please comment. I am a low-level cog is a large corporation. I work with someone else who is also a low-level cog of a slightly different … Continue reading Dilemma
I finally had my interview. I think it went well, but only time will tell whether or not my particular skill set matches what the team lead will want. I’ll know before Monday. My ebay order did indeed ship the next business day, but nobody emailed me to tell me that. I still don’t have … Continue reading Score!
FREAK. ING. OUT. I’m supposed to be in an interview right now. But I am not. My interviewer is stuck in traffic. I barely made it to 9:00am. I CAN’T WAIT ANY LONGER! IT’S DRIVING ME CRAZY! All of the candidates are really different (they interview all internal applicants) so I suppose it’ll be a … Continue reading …
What do you do when the main database at work has to incur an “emergency shutdown” (fancy words for – oh shit, oracle’s broken here…)? Ok, what do you do after you’ve read every news article, Fark post and RSS feed that holds the tiniest promise of interest? Then what do you do when you’ve … Continue reading Sellin’ Puppies
It’s a slow week at work. Next week I’m in another training module, but today and tomorrow are exercises in “looking busy.” I’ve been refreshing my RSS reader like a mad-person. Nobody is updating. The only feed that’s showing new content is a not-safe-for-work blog. I wonder how much longer until I crack and read … Continue reading Temptation
I have officially dubbed 2005 The Year of the Obstacle. Seriously, every time I try to do something these days, I run into some sort of wall that I’ve got to find a way around, over, under, whatever. January 1: Hard Drive Fails (on the first day after the warranty expires too…) January 2: Attempt … Continue reading Brick Wall