Hail To The King Baby...Provost Gets A New Job!

[Cort Haus]

Scrap the GAP, you're a SAP.

[Drogue]

Perverts.

In other news, I got a new job too. From October I'll be an economist again They've accepted me onto the new specialist economics programme, meaning I'll be moving department's and doing a masters.

[Provost Harrison]

An economist? Well never mind eh?

[DrSpike]

A fine choice.

[Gibsie]

So do you also know stuff about HASSO then young Provost?

[Snotty]

RE: where Asbodeon has been since we last saw him, I got this from the Spore forums

Hmm...will be interesting to see if this will be the game that draws Asmodean away from MMOs.

I doubt it, but I will definately buy it

Asmodean

[Provost Harrison]

Poor thing, sucked into the world of ultrageeky gaming

I only have 8 more working days to go at my present job and although I would like to be completely motivated and continue working like the mad bastard I usually am, my heart is not in it so I have been a bit slower than I would like, needless to say I feel like I am in a bit of a transitory stage at the moment where what I am doing is out of obligation and for the money rather than any desire to do it.

At least I have two short (4 day) weeks left (I am off to my new workplace next Friday, get to meet the team and the new boss is taking me out for lunch).

Actually leaving this job makes me a lot more philosophical about my time there. I was all spitting venom and hatred before but now I feel a lot better about it. None of the managers are bad people, I can have a laugh and a talk with any of them - one of the friendlier working environments I've been in, and my colleagues are good. You just get to realise that we are all being strangled by a giant, bureaucratic organisation. I would have probably have been more pissed if the experience on the project never got me anyway and I felt I had wasted a lot of time doing it, but in the end it has paid dividends and it has got me to where I want to go, in combination with the other experience I have accrued there - makes things feel like they are falling into place without any messing around in the process. I'll definitely miss my friends and people, but definitely not enough to remotely influence my decision to move on. Sometimes we need a new challenge and a new opportunity.

At the current moment my current workplace stands at 3 employees (although continuing to grow) - they've only just established themselves in the UK (although have been long since established in Germany/Switzerland) but their niche of specialising in SAP implementation/validation (and some other stuff) in the pharmaceutical sector and with the right talent (such as mine ) should mean they will grow well in this part of the world. Means glorious career opportunities too, something which I have craved for quite a while - the company had 50% growth last year (hence them establishing a new office in the UK). Which makes me all the more impatient to get started because I am fired up and ready to start.

Needless to say, my mind is elsewhere, and not on my present job.

Sorry to waffle on again. You know I should keep some sort of online diary

And by the way, does anyone fancy another drink at some point in the near future?

[DrSpike]

If it's after work I am usually up for a sly half. Fridays are best as no thinking about work the next day - though of course Fridays are busy for most people so best to mention any plans in advance.

[Provost Harrison]

Just a proposal, gathering thoughts. Friday is cool for me, so pick any Friday that we can all agree on in the near-ish future. Any are OK for me at the moment, although watch this space.

[Dauphin]

Not this Friday. And the Friday after that is Good Friday, so probably not good. Maundy Thursday maybe.

[Provost Harrison]

I'm driving up to Hull then (I think).

[DrSpike]

28th then. No one can complain of short notice.

[Provost Harrison]

Sounds good to me

[DrSpike]

And you'll have started the new job, so will give you a chance to whinge/boast.

[Provost Harrison]

That is just before...I start on 1st April (yeah ). I will be just psyching myself up for the new job!