It's been a year since I was made redundant.
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It's been a year since I was made redundant. I've failed spectacularly at contracting. I'm looking for employment. I'm an experienced IT Operations Specialist. I have DevOps, agile, and management experience. Based in South Yorkshire. I'm going to try out requesting help on the fediverse. #GetFediHired
@pmb00cs Maybe train driver could be a an attractive alternative?
I'm completely unbiased by the way.
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@pmb00cs Maybe train driver could be a an attractive alternative?
I'm completely unbiased by the way.
*cough* *cough*@Bebef I'm not sure I could cope with the risk of idiots on the tracks. Trains don't stop quickly.
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@Bebef I'm not sure I could cope with the risk of idiots on the tracks. Trains don't stop quickly.
@pmb00cs Totally get that and I don't know how I will cope with my (inevietable) first accident with such an idiot, but I'm trying to keep the mindset "It's the idiot's fault, not mine" -
@pmb00cs Totally get that and I don't know how I will cope with my (inevietable) first accident with such an idiot, but I'm trying to keep the mindset "It's the idiot's fault, not mine"
@Bebef I hope it never happens. I can't imagine the guilt for something so totally out of your control.
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@Bebef I hope it never happens. I can't imagine the guilt for something so totally out of your control.
@pmb00cs Thanks, I do hope so as well.
However, chances of it not happening are slim. Statistically speaking it should be once in ten years. I did a whole shift with a train driver as a ride-along and hi told me he had two in six years.
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It's been a year since I was made redundant. I've failed spectacularly at contracting. I'm looking for employment. I'm an experienced IT Operations Specialist. I have DevOps, agile, and management experience. Based in South Yorkshire. I'm going to try out requesting help on the fediverse. #GetFediHired
Well, I'm going to boost this because, as you write yourself: "Curious, grumpy, argumentative, fat, cynical, pedantic, sarcastic. What more could you ask for?"
Good luck finding a new job, may the Fediverse help, these are such terribly difficult times. So, the only thing I can do is send you this little text, and boosting your message to promote you. You have a cat on your shoulder, which helps
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Well, I'm going to boost this because, as you write yourself: "Curious, grumpy, argumentative, fat, cynical, pedantic, sarcastic. What more could you ask for?"
Good luck finding a new job, may the Fediverse help, these are such terribly difficult times. So, the only thing I can do is send you this little text, and boosting your message to promote you. You have a cat on your shoulder, which helps
@pascaline that cat has claws, and uses them whenever she wants something. Used to be a stray, I blame my wife for her adopting us.
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@pascaline that cat has claws, and uses them whenever she wants something. Used to be a stray, I blame my wife for her adopting us.
Sure, blame your wife why don't you
I have one with claws as well, but he doesn't use them to defend himself against the young'un, sadly. He is too sweet, and restricts the nails to when I pick him up to cuddle, after which they come out without him even noticing. But I may soon trim them again, as I do with his younger buddies.
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Sure, blame your wife why don't you
I have one with claws as well, but he doesn't use them to defend himself against the young'un, sadly. He is too sweet, and restricts the nails to when I pick him up to cuddle, after which they come out without him even noticing. But I may soon trim them again, as I do with his younger buddies.
@pascaline I do blame the wife! She was leaving the conservatory open with food in it. The cat moved in and had kittens. At that point the only humane thing to do was get mum and kittens checked out by the vet and ensure all was well. We found homes for the kittens, but mum never moved out. The other cat was stepdaughter's fault. That's a less interesting story though.
Neither of them miss an opportunity to point out I'm the one with all the cat pictures.
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@pascaline I do blame the wife! She was leaving the conservatory open with food in it. The cat moved in and had kittens. At that point the only humane thing to do was get mum and kittens checked out by the vet and ensure all was well. We found homes for the kittens, but mum never moved out. The other cat was stepdaughter's fault. That's a less interesting story though.
Neither of them miss an opportunity to point out I'm the one with all the cat pictures.
And they're right to do so
You even have one in your profile pic!And what a good story, great that the kittens all have good homes now. At some point in my life I had four cats because I took in a stray after putting up posters and checking with organisations with the result 'he's nobody's cat'. So, I took him in. He was the sweetest, most innocent one I ever had. Never had a sweeter, gentler cat. He is now integrated with my soul, as all the others that left my life.
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@pmb00cs Hi! Do you have Kubernetes skills? We’re recruiting Kubernetes/Linux expertise right now in Sheffield.
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