Not been an exciting time. Biggest and most complicated thing I did was to move this blog from WordPress’s hosting to my own domain. Since it’s years since I did anything you might describe as even slightly technically demanding, this was approached with a degree of trepidation. After all, having got this blog up and running, it would be a bit embarrassing to delete it all again. Especially since one of my specialisms is Business Continuity planning…
Still, thanks to WordPress’s excellent software and some useful pages of guidance it all went without a hitch. Well, apart from messing up the site name, so it’s /Wordpress rather than /MalvoliosBlog as originally intended.
I even managed to add a couple of plugins. Astonishing.
Meanwhile, back in the real world, not much going on. I’m averaging one and a half job applications a day at the moment. I have managed to speak to some agents as well, so they do actually exist. Sadly, nobody was sufficiently impressed with my outstandingly good CV to offer me an interview. And, of course, two got killed immediately by a lack of SC clearance (mutter mutter…).
Mind you, some of the job requirements are quite bizarre. One was for a Transision Management role – moving a new service into live usage with no problems – which is something that needs a bit of care and a consistent, controlled approach. So why do they demand Agile and SCRUM? Or a process design role that demands a few years technical DBA experience with SQL Server? I didn’t even bother with that one.
Still, I’m continuing to push the network of contacts. Only snag is half of them are out of work as well. Ho hum…
So, a quiet weekend ahead, then back to the fray on Monday. Wish me luck.