pmsumner

I just realised there's been no updates from me in over a week. I've been reading religiously but not writing. Not in the mood, I guess.

I spent a nice weekend (Well, Saturday night) with Jane at her parents' place in deepest darkest Shropshire. We went to see "The Life Aquatic" which was really enjoyable though I was left a little confused at the end about what the film was trying to achieve, if anything. Well worth watching and very clever musically.

Work... nothing special. Had a talk with Rich (team manager) the other day who asked if "I was still as unhappy as I was before" I went on holiday. I'd made it pretty damn clear that I hated it and was looking elsewhere, I guess saying "I hate my fucking job" as loudly as possible every day or two is a good signal :) Answer: I don't know. I am slightly less unhappy now but still not happy about being here.

I've been in discussions with someone from LA Recruitment (ooOOO - sounds real fancy) who wants to put me forward for a Software Testing position within the NHS (I think, anyhow - the job spec looks distinctly like an NHS one and it mentioned handling confidential data). I don't fancy my chances - purely because I have a grand total of 6mnths testing experience and that wasn't formal in any way. I wasn't using any testing tools. However on the job spec they didn't ask for any experience. It's in north Leeds and I'm south, so I'd be looking at moving if I get it 'cuz that commute would be really unpleasant. The M1/M62 junction is bad at the best of times.

I've been doing lots and lots of reading around the ATCO thing. The assessment day is over a month and a half away but I'm thinking the more prepared I am the better - everything I've read says that they're really tough on recruitment.

Seeing as I've been writing this email for about 2hrs now between calls, I'd best send it and get on with work, eh?