Category: Unemployment

Broken

I had planned to write a blog post today entitled “Rogue cities and the hunt for GMDs”, which was to make reference to a certain councillor in Cambridge who has a chilli pepper production program that should breach arms treaties (assuming it doesn’t already), and GMDs (Girlfriends of Mass Destruction). However, around lunchtime I was struck with an inexplicable depression and lethargy and so it didn’t happen. I’ve barely managed to do my job searching this afternoon to be honest.

I guess I’ll write that another time, when I feel more like myself. Right now I’m way too broken to be productive.

Out with the old…

The year 2013 is fired! A quick look back through my recent posts shows that I have been moaning about something or other pretty much constantly. This is going to have to change, and to some extent, so will I. I need to lose weight, get a job, probably drink a bit less. I mean, it’s not like I wasn’t trying to do those things anyway, but it’s an ongoing chore, especially the job part. It really is a full time job, trying to find a job. (more…)

Reversals

So, I have not had the best of luck recently, as those of you who follow me regularly will be aware. What with late prescriptions, benefit issues and general bouts of depression adding to the general levity of joblessness that is my life. Now fortune appears to be reversing, at least for now. (more…)

Finding a job in IT

I left university back in 1992 with an honours degree, perhaps not the best degree ever issued, but it was a degree in computing, and added to my A and O levels, I thought it’d stand me well for a lifetime career. I had used computers at home as a hobby, and enjoyed writing code and getting the various peripherals communicating. I’d started the degree knowing that there was a lot of money in IT. My job was going to be fun, and it would pay well too. Or so I thought. (more…)