It has been a few days since anything has appeared in your feed from myself, and so I shall give you a few reasons as to why today.
Et pendant ce temps, à La Réunion
In case you aren't aware, I left sunny Mallorca, Spain about 7 weeks ago now and returned to occasionally sunny England. The main reasons for this were to find a job and to spend more time with my daughter, and I can happily say that the second has happened. The last 3/4 years have flown by for me, and in that time my daughter has changed schools, become a keen swimmer, and has grown into a rather polite and lovely teenage girl.
It seems that the teenage shit hasn't hit the fan as yet and so I could well be back just in time to share some of that heat. There's always hope that she'll sail through these difficult years with issues, but I wouldn't be so naive to think of that being the case. Anyway, it's great to see her at least once a week, and the school summer holidays are certainly helping us do plenty of catching up.
The other item on my return home agenda is to find work. Clearly, Steem isn't doing what we all wish and those using the token as their main income are almost certainly struggling at present - even on a diet of pasta and peas. It's been pretty cool to tell people that I work online and in my own time (whilst forgetting to the answer the question on how much I earn), but it is about time (gone time) that I looked for other sources of income. Selling STEEM at 20 cents is hard on the soul, particularly when some of your work took days to put together.
At the end of last week I received an email from a company wishing to speak to me. They had called but the reception at my current location is non-existent and so the call never arrived. Via email, we arranged a time that I could be in a location with signal and the following call went quite well. I was initially told it would be potentially couple of weeks until I'd hear anything further but half an hour later, I received another call from the company (different person) stating that the initial chat had gone well, and would I like to attend a face-to-face interview on the Monday just gone.
Let me check my calendar....
I said yes of course, and at the weekend thought it would be a good idea to buy some shoes and check the suit for moth balls - all good. The shoes ( I hate shoes ) are actually pretty comfortable and i didn't end up with blisters on my heels, as is so often the case with new footwear of this kind. I still hate shoes though.
I arrived just before 2pm on Monday feeling quite confident I'd do OK in the interview. I'm not sure why I had these vibes as that is now only the 6th job interview I've ever had. One was for my placement year, two were internal interviews for the same company, and two were Skype interviews that ended up being voice only. That's not exactly solid interview experience, and I definitely have plenty to learn in that regard.
The interview went OK, and I have the folks in front of me to thank for that as they seemed friendly and instead of it feeling like a grilling, were quite supportive in leading me towards the answers they were looking for.
......they said you seemed very technically competent if somewhat under-prepared for the interview, with you only being back in the UK for 6 weeks. However this was not a concern for them. They both thought you would be a good fit for the team in terms of personality and manner.
I'll take that as feedback, including the assumption that the 6 weeks in the UK was the reason for being 'somewhat under-prepared'. I've since replied to the email I've had today stating that the infrequent interviews due to one long-standing employment period are the likely reason for not seeing fully on the ball on Monday. The email is just that, feedback, and although it sounds positive I still have to wait a few days at least for further feedback - which I guess will include an offer, or not.
Whilst I miss the sea and the lifestyle abroad, I'm slowly adjusting to the concrete and miserable faces other scenery in the city. Some income will help relax me further, and it'll mean I don't need to sell any more 'cheap' STEEM and pay off some debts I owe. It will also mean that i'll be spending much less time here, but that might not necessarily be a bad thing.
Alright, that'll do for today, have a good one,
Asher