good times ahead
I’ve been in my new job for 2 weeks now and I can definately say it is *sooOOo* much better than my previous one..
My first week was a little too slow for my liking, but I guess thats the normal deal with the first week in a new role. The second however wasn’t, and I’ve really started to like the new job. It is a *very* different experience which is really good for me. I was with my last employer for 6 years and it was most definately time to move on and its a step that I’m so very glad I did. They do say, after all, that one needs to obtain a new job every 3 years…
The new people I work with are really cool and they most certainly know their shit, unlike 85% of the previous team I worked with! The slightly amusing thing is that the really *good* people I used to work with appear to be following my lead and are also looking to venture elsewhere. I really can’t blame them, their salaries, like mine was, were woeful.. I really hope the remainder of the team I used to work with figure out that they can almost double their salaries by getting a new job… There were a few people in the old team who I used to work that sometimes boasted that they were on 6 (AU$) figure salaries, one of which really really shouldn’t have been because he is completely useless technically inept when it comes to Linux.. I guess thats why my previous employer didn’t want their employees from talking to each other about how much they were on (yes, they would actually get our managers to specifically tell us not to talk about these things)…
I wish the dudes who are moving/looking to move to a better role the best of luck, I really do! One of the guys who actually has had some good luck is has landed himself a role elsewhere in what appears could be a really sweet place to work, onya!! This is the same dude that convinced me to run Linux as my desktop and really got me on the linux bandwagon many many moons ago (so you can all blame him for my linux zealotry) so he over anyone really deserved the move to a new role! 
On another note, I have worked pretty hard in the last week and a half to get the first of my assignments in on time for my Master’s degree. I don’t think I got to sleep before midnight on any day in the past week or so. The assignment was most certainly a lot harder than I had anticipated! I submitted my assignment with about 40 minutes to spare! Lucky they have electronic submissions and I had until 2359hrs to get it in. I most certainly won’t be waiting until the last minute to submit assignments in future! I am however looking forward to future assignments and exams as I love the challenge, so lets see what else is in store.. Bring it on!
Edit: Seems that I forgot that quite a few ppl read this, so I had to sanitise it a little
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