Posts tagged “job hunting”

The new place: I do YahooNov 10, 2005

I got a job at Yahoo. Here's the whole story, in probably more detail than you need, including the questionnaire they made me fill out, my answers, and the nail-biting wait for an offer. Short version: it worked out, and I'm thrilled.

Second blog for the day, WOW I'm slack. But work today has actually been a lot better: I actually...Jul 29, 2002

Work got better today and I actually got stuff done. But the real highlight: found a London contract paying £200/hour for Java/Oracle/MQ Series work. That's 10x my current rate. Suddenly I'm very motivated to learn MQ Series.

Hooray, exams are over! Now I'm unemployed again. Oh well. Job Hunt 2001 (TM) is now on, and I may...Jun 14, 2001

Exams done, now job hunting. Possibly have an interview Tuesday. Found 1000+ emails waiting for me. Need money, food is good. God bless Jobserve.

There was also a mildly interesting article about dinosaur robots that really walk and talk. Well,...May 25, 2001

Small walking dinosaur robots are inspiring future scientists, apparently. Also discovered The Skills Market, a surprisingly well-designed IT recruitment site with neat supply-demand graphs for skills. Worth checking out if you're job hunting. Which I am, along with searching for somewhere to live this summer.