rocket_d00d's Journal: Upgrading

Today, I had my last day at Work 1.0 (i.e. my first real job after graduating from university). This was a very nice job, at a very nice place (R&D department at a government institution), with very nice and professional colleagues. But it was not the field I had been studying all those years at university, so it meant I had to change fields. Oh well, no big thing - having a doctorate in physics and having computers and programming as a hobby means you can relatively easily learn the subject, and do the job well. But still, it wasn't really relevant to my education. So when I saw this job announcement at another governmental research institution, with a job description that was practically tailor-made for me, I just had to apply. Not only was the position perfect for me, but I know two of the scientists and one of the engineers from a project I did when still a PhD student. Well, I got the interview (no surprise there, really :-). Another person (who happened to be a very good friend of mine, also with a PhD on the same field) got the offer, and I was the runner-up. My friend declined the offer, since he already had accepted another job offering. Thus, I got the offer, and I accepted (I had to think it through for a couple of weeks, though, as I really didn't feel like leaving my old workplace). Some statistics: 1 vacancy, 70 applicants, 7 applicants interviewed, and at least 4 of these had a PhD in a relevant field.

In April, I upgrade to Work 2.0, and I really, really look forward to it!

Hey honey bunny!

[tuxette]

You forgot to tell everyone about the cool card and presents you got ;-)

Yes, pumpkin!

[rocket_d00d]

I explained it in detail in another comment here. Satisfied?

Congrats!

[Ethelred Unraed]

Best of luck with the new job!

And yeah, like tuxette says, whadja get for loot? ;-)

Cheers,

Ethelred

Re:Congrats!

[rocket_d00d]

Best of luck with the new job!

Thanks :)

And yeah, like tuxette says, whadja get for loot? ;-)

I got the following:

• A yeast baking cook book
• A battery-driven electric pepper mill, with light so you can se how much pepper you've put on your food, and a small window on the side so you can see how much pepper is left
• A cool "homemade" good-luck-in-your-new-job card, with a picture of Comical Ali (with his face replaced with mine), with the caption: "The program is foolproof! We have full control! All the b