[SWLUG] Employment agencies

[Adam Rykala]

On Wednesday 02 March 2005 1:46 am, Julian Hall wrote:
> Adam Rykala wrote:
> >I was doing an Astrophysics degree at 18 (Queen Mary, Uni of London) but
> > in truth I was too young and drunk to apply myself...
>
> Sounds cool.. I'm interested in that kind of thing in a peripheral way
> too :)

The Astrophysics, or the drinking ;-) ? - No, don't answer that... don't 
incriminate yourself ;-)

>
> >Im 36, so the big astronomical things for me growing up were Viking,
> > Voyager and the Shuttle
>
> OK so I'm not too old to go back to school then :)
>

A degree is 85% perspiration and 15% inspiration.... If you apply yourself 
hard to it, you can do it. Plus for employers, getting your degree in your 
30's tends to show a depth of focus. Plus unlike 90% of the people around me 
(sorry fellow students) I roughly know what I want, and I am not just there 
as the "accepted" next stage. I'm not here because of "education, 
education,education" and to be truthful its not really job related either - I 
want my Masters !

> > - I really have a deep deep interest in the sky!
>
> Slightly mixed metaphor there? :)

It's 15 billlions years deep ;-)

>
> > Research
> >wise I'd love to do planetary stuff (as I get older I get more and more
> >interested in Geology)...
>
> Curious and *WAY* offtopic so I apologise - have you read Deception
> Point by Dan Brown?  Specifically aimed in the direction of meteorite
> geology and I wondered what an expert would make of it.
>

Nope - but now my curiousity is piqued... muse look for...! Actually my wife 
is seriously considering applying for her Earth Science M. ESci and she's the 
big reader so I may have to get her to check it out ;-)

> >I found myself in IT as I had an A Level in it
>
> Yup me too.... was working for Cardiff County Council.. hating every
> minute and especially my boss... got a call from a friend who said the
> company she was working for were looking for people who were interested
> in the Internet (I was online when she called), technically able (it's a
> computer.. did you want more? ;)), and disabled (apparently got their
> wrist slapped).... never looked back... Well OK I am *now* but you know
> what I mean :)
>

'sup fellow former LEA worker? ;-) Blaenau Gwent Borough Council 90-98!

> >As I get older I'm looking for more then
> >just superficial contentment - I've always been a ponderer!!
>
> As I get older I'm realising I want a job I *enjoy* :)

And that! I more and more found working in IT a chore...

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