Job Hunting Progress

I got a call yesterday from the contact at the job agency who are dealing with my job application to say that another company has a similar vacancy that she felt I should apply for, as my CV fits their description very well. She just wanted to inform me of the job and check that I would be able to get to the buildings which are just outside of Newbury (seeing as I am prepared to commute as far as Reading, just outside of Newbury is no big deal) and so she said she would be taking my CV over to them later that day.

Just now I had a call from her saying that she'd just been over there and "it's very likely they will want to meet you for an interview". I don't know whether that means I will be offered an interview or whether it means she thinks they liked the look of my CV, or whether I'm simply the only applicant she has on her books who meets their description, or what, but I'm hopeful that I'll get the interview. And the job.

The job sounds interesting: A mixture of web development, programming and Linux administration. I'd be responsible for a web server which, if it goes down, I would be responsible to get it back online pronto before all hell breaks loose. The woman at the agency put forward the fact that I would have quite a lot of responsibility if I were doing this job as if it were a negative aspect to it. Personally I'd rather have responsibility. First, it means you always know where you stand. Second, it makes you feel like a valued member of the team - not just the bloke who picks up the odds and ends that nobody else wants to do.

Ketchup

This is another (ca|ke)tch-up blog as I've not blogged in quite some time. Basically I have decided to scrap my current car and get a new one. It's a painful decision to make as the engine in this car runs brilliantly, but the problem is that the rest of the car keeps falling apart. The long and short of it is: I could get another car for the same money as it would cost to fix everything that is wrong on the current car. So, I shall be scrapping this one and buying a new (as in second hand) car. When I get a job I might even consider getting finance on a newer car.

This weekend was spent in Bath with Liz. Lovely place, well worth a visit. We managed to get around Bath and see all the major tourist attractions in a single day which I thought was quite impressive. We didn't pay to go into the baths though as it cost a tenner and we've heard they're not that great. Plus the queue was huge. We went to the Jane Austen museum which was hilarious. "Jane Austen lived in bath for a few years, and she thought it was shit" was the general idea. We went on a boat which went up the river and got to see the friendly locals. Well, I say friendly... It was a drunk middle-aged woman draped over the wall on a bridge with a can of cider or lager or something, who hurled abuse and flicked the V's at us etc. Extremely friendly. There's much more to write on Bath but I shall refrain as this blog is already getting too long.