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Oct. 28th, 2012
Interesting Links for 28-10-2012
Oct. 28th, 2012 11:00 am- A fantastic piece on the difference between having an opinion and trolling - and the backlash against honest criticism.
- LiveJournal all but abandons U.S. presence
- Things Rich People Never Understand
- What sitcoms say about American voters
- Cats That Look Like Pin Up Girls (NSFW)
- The Disappearance of the Colonists on LV-426 is Something God Intended to Happen
- The yuan is slowly displacing the dollar as the world's key currency.
- Watch This Bridge Destroy Dozens of Trucks and Buses
- Why American Eggs Would Be Illegal In A British Supermarket, And Vice Versa
- Eleven of the Best Movies You've Never Seen (I've seen three of them, and would happily watch most of the rest)
- Military technology is growing ever more human in its responses.
- Touching last moment from Ceefax.
- There is now a tumblr for people reading Neil Gaiman books in the bath. I love the internet.
- The 32 Greatest Unscripted Movie Scenes
- Man wins court case against cold callers who wouldn't stop.
- A response to "The Deficity Myth!" article that points out some basic errors.
- Polaroids from the set of Blade Runner
- Behind the scenes of the biggest game in the world (no, it's not what you think)
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10 years ago today, I started a new job.
Oct. 28th, 2012 10:27 pmI'd had several jobs before that, and had found myself in somewhat of an uncomfortable situation, because I had some skills* that weren't terribly transferrable, where the demand was based largely in London.
So I took what was technically a step down (and a pay cut of around £2,000) to take a graduate position at my current employers, on the grounds that working somewhere that provided a long-term career, complete with training, was probably a good long-term bet.
Turns out I was right, as I'm now earning more than double what I started on, have learned huge amounts, and met some terribly interesting people.
Up until I started the new job I hadn't worked anywhere for more than 3-ish years. I find myself rather surprised to still be here 10 years later, still learning new things, and not actually bored yet**.
I wonder where I'll be ten years from now.
*Anyone remember dBase? Or Foxpro? Didn't think so.
**Ok, so I'm not excited by writing specs. But overall there's still enough variation to keep me interested.
So I took what was technically a step down (and a pay cut of around £2,000) to take a graduate position at my current employers, on the grounds that working somewhere that provided a long-term career, complete with training, was probably a good long-term bet.
Turns out I was right, as I'm now earning more than double what I started on, have learned huge amounts, and met some terribly interesting people.
Up until I started the new job I hadn't worked anywhere for more than 3-ish years. I find myself rather surprised to still be here 10 years later, still learning new things, and not actually bored yet**.
I wonder where I'll be ten years from now.
*Anyone remember dBase? Or Foxpro? Didn't think so.
**Ok, so I'm not excited by writing specs. But overall there's still enough variation to keep me interested.