“My laptop bag has scared TSA security personnel at several airports recently”
Neil Hopcroft
A digital misfit
I’m now available on SkypeIn at +44 20 8133 2634, which will be valid for the duration of my time in Stockholm.
I started last week with a couple of interviews lined up and finished it with two job offers, and a third arrived today. They were all software engineering roles:
Raymarine in Portsmouth
Qualcomm in Cambridge and
Sony Ericsson in Stockholm
These are all strong companies with fascinating technology within their particular niche of the market, so I’m sad that I have had to turn down two of them – there is only one me and I can’t do all of those jobs at the same time.
I’ve taken the job in Sweden – so I shall be leaving these shores again in a couple of weeks time. More details over the next few days.
Anyone got any idea what the ‘crossing point of light’ is?
Its been something of a turbulent time lately – and looks like it will continue that way for a little while longer. I’m looking forward to having some kind of certainty in my life.
I’ve been doing a few phone interviews for jobs in various places, the most promising currently is near Farnborough with others as far flung as Oslo, Portsmouth and Staines. Some of these are progressing well, others not so well. I’ve got some face to face interviews lined up – I’m in Portsmouth tomorrow and will probably finish there around lunchtime, anyone in the area like to meet for lunch?
Yesterday I received a call from my landlord, who is trying to sell my flat, asking me to move out – I’m hoping I’ve got some idea of where to move to by the time he wants the place empty.
Now I’m trying to tidy up and sort things out ready for moving.
Linkblast
“Its not the size of your pen that matters”
“Intelligent people know that it isn’t a good idea to smash a can of WD-40…Thanks, idiots”
Barn finds (automotive edition)
I’ve uploaded some pictures from Japan (links to various albums):
Linkblast mini
I was entrapped by a dog pinata
Puppet rape (worksafe)
“William Drake, lost his life in averting a serious accident to a lady in Hyde Park April 2 1869 whose horses were unmanageable through the breaking of the carriage pole.” (any website called ‘The Joy of Shards’ gets my interest)
Living in a powder keg and giving off sparks
I never did give you an explanation for my going offline. Nor do I actually think this is the right medium for it, so I’m not going to. Not here, at least. If you want to hear about it, talk to me in real life. Suffice to say that my view of myself has changed significantly over the last couple of months – I’m not the person I thought I was (or perhaps not the person I was pretending to be). I’m not particularly proud of some of the things I’ve found out, while others have proven that some things I was deeply worried by are actually *completely* non-problematic.
This will be the last of the friends-only posts for the moment, though of course I might well have some further things to say that I don’t necessarlity want openly readable. I will be going through recent posts and, where appropriate, setting them publicly visible.
I would appreciate comments from all, those who know whats behind this bout of offline-ness and those that don’t. Comments on this post are screened, and, should you feel a desire to comment anonymously, the next public post will have anonymous comments screened.