i got the job i was after. we had a little negotiating to do on the money side of things but we got it done. the money is actually a little bit less than i am on currently and over the course of a year it will be a couple of thousand pounds, but thats irrelavent. i will be learning and doing proper work once again. vmware, emc and netapp SANs, AD, cisco, its all stuff i am into and want to learn more about. it will be invaluable to get more skills and knowledge and will be worth more than a couple of grand in the long run and if ever want to move on once again, be it here in england or to try my luck abroad.
besides we are in the midst of a serious economic downturn and a severe recession. i think i have done well to get what i am getting out of them which is a decent chunk of change, even if you discount how good the job could be itself. i must be one of the very few people out there that is leaving an investment bank out of choice as opposed to being fired. these places are dieing and the entire industry is built like a house of cards. lots of people are being fired but i think in a year or two there will be some opportunities and hopefully i will be well placed to take advantage if i ever decided to go back to banking though to be honest it would only be for a large stack of cash. who knows. we shall see.....
anyways, if i stayed in my current job for a year i would be completely de-skilled and then i would only be able to ever work here at the bank, and i just don't want to work here or in a place like this. today we had a department meeting and it was just people talking about process and whining about which team was supposed to do which tiny trivial task. i just stood there, like i do in all the meetings, staring out into space day dreaming of california. i have no interest in trying to formulate and debate the correct process for doing trivial tasks.
i signed an electronic version of the contract that they mailed and i will get a paper copy sent to me as well. they have given me my start date of february 2nd. it means only 2 more weeks left in this place. it means going somewhere and learning how they work and getting to know all new work colleagues but i am looking forward to it, and much more than if i was going to be working at just another bank. this has been my worst experience so far in my contracts but you need to go through the shit sometimes to get somewhere good. it would be boring and simply no fun if everything came easily.
i will give them 1 weeks notice at the end of next week and then that will be it for me. will also look to book my ticket for california next week as well. we are slowly going from the darkness back into the light and we are going to get back to the real world.
played football last night and it was wicked. for some reason i was on fire and was motivated to play really well and one of the goals i scored was an absolute screamer. it was sensational if i say so myself. football has moved to a 9pm start instead of 10pm and i think i prefer it. anyways, hopefully more of the same standard of play next week.
anyways, thats about it. the heroin diaries turned up yesterday and i started reading a bit last night. already a bit fruity and we have barely gotten into it. nikki sixx is the man.
have a lovely weekend flower. take care of yourself.
xx
today i have mostly been listening to grandaddy - he's simple, he's dumb, he's the pilot.
i believe they want you to give in
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