All entries for Monday 15 May 2006

Getting old (1): Proper Job

I just wrote an entry, far beyond a sensible length, so I've decided to split it up, so I can add more wafflling…

Proper Job

I've had, what I would call, a proper job for 6 weeks now. Here's my thoughts in typical bullet point form:

Good bits:

• I've been reading programming books /websites and writing code for pleasure again – something I haven't done since before Uni - crazy, considering I did a Computer Science degree!
• I'm getting to do quite a lot of PHP and MySQL in work – good, as I have a unexplainable dislike for Java
• I still design things – emarketing, webpages etc.
• It's flexi–time – I can leave early on Fridays and not be late for work if I get stuck in A45 traffic
• I get to talk to lots of people – I even have my own phone
• I'm close to campus – so I can have lunch with Rich
• Getting to tidy up loads of redundant HTML – I enjoy tidying

and added bonuses of not working on campus:

• Free car–parking directly outside the office!
• Free communal drinks – i.e no milk funds or getting mistakenly told off for 'being a student' in the staff kitchen !
• A warm office – I don't have to wear a coat all day
• No Groupwise – I can access my email

Bad bits:

• I have to wear smart clothes 5 days a week.
• Having to go to work on days that Thor and Rich can have lie–ins.
• Having my own phone – which cold-callers have got the number for

Bits I would rather never had happened:

• Accidentally implying that my boss was bald – so had an "equality and diversity" guide thrown at me
• Not understanding the hidden innuendo behind "Master Bates" in Captain Pugwash – I don't get puns
• Commenting on the enormous size of the banana I had bought from Morrisons
• Accidentally opening the same corrupted file 3 times – forgetting it would crash my computer
• …and many more that I have wiped from my memory…

Degree Usefulness

And finally, for those getting fed up with revising and not seeing the point of exams, I thought I'd finish by mentioning that in my new job I've remembered and used quite a lot of the stuff I learnt during my degree (which I never thought possible at the time).

I just read this in Proverbs which I thought was quite apt:

For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.

Proverbs 3:10

: 15 May 2006 23:59 |  Tags: Computers Degree Getting Old ITS Job Life Revision |  Comments (1) |  Close comments |  Report a problem