The Change Bus
I’m finding some interesting challenges with my work lately. Being a manager is definitely what I thought it would be, but so much more too.
When you’re a contractor, the security of your employment is dependent upon your ability to do the job that you’re hired to do. If you are underperforming, it’s in the interests of the employer to cut their losses and look for someone else to do the job they want. The ’safeguards’ that are in place to protect permanent staff don’t exist in the contracting world. Your contract can be terminated for any reason – or even no reason at all – at any time, without notice.
A lot of people can’t handle it, and so they decide to avoid contracting, preferring to stay with the security of a ’safe’, permanent job.
Upcoming plans
My busy-ness (is that such a word) has gone up a few levels over the past couple of week. I’m actually in a position that keeps me busy all day!
One of the really awesome things about it is that it’s a management role, and for the introvert in me, that’s just the kind of thing I need to expand my abilities. There’s all kinds of networking needing to be done, staff management, and even the occasional heated discussion with a senior manager if it seems warranted. (No point being a ‘yes’ man!)
And then, after being around people and talking to them most of the day, continuing to be around people is just the last thing I want to do at the end of the day, so I’m usually on Eve Online of an evening.
That’s what life is currently revolving around, so there’s very little to write about in here.
I had a dream
Over the weekend, I had a dream. I was driving my car very slowly and carefully along a very rocky road. It was severely hampering my progress, and I could have been walking faster than I was able to drive. However, I came upon an intersection, where the rocky road met a well-sealed highway. I knew that as soon as I could get onto the highway, I would be able to put my foot down and drive the car like it was meant to be driven. As I was waiting for oncoming traffic before I could turn onto the highway, I woke up.
Dreams have very important and powerful symbology, and we can learn about our life from understanding our dreams. Please bare with me as I go through this very important dream for me, because there’s something special at the end of it.
Car
Welcome back
It’s been about 3 weeks since I last posted here. A big reason for this has been due to the fact that I’ve been playing Eve Online quite heavily. It’s an online game I’ve been involved in before, and I got back into it a few months ago. What with not working, I’ve been occupying my spare time quite heavily in the game.
And we all know what I do when I occupy myself quite heavily in something. I write about it. I’ve been very, very busy writing about the game from my character’s point of view. I’ve also been writing articles about the game to help others get better at it themselves – from a pirate’s point of view, that is. Yeh, I’m getting into ‘piracy’ in the game, which is basically just doing a lot of player vs. player combat.
You can see the blog here: The Travels of Black Claw
Job interview
I have an interview this coming Friday for the position of Team Leader. 
This was my application, just to share with you…
To whom it may concern
I am applying for the position of Team Leader on the Service Desk, as recently vacated by [...]. I believe I am suited for this position for the following reasons:
- I have been with [the company] for 5 and a half years, having spent 4 of those years on the Service Desk as an analyst and senior analyst.
- I have been responsible for providing training material for [the company] on the [new intranet], when it was being implemented, using my skills of documentation and implementation.
- I have spent all of 2005 so far as a Systems Administrator…, maintaining and administrating internal systems. This has given me a detailed familiarity with the processes going on behind the scenes concerning the Service Desk and internal support.
