Gis a Job

Well, it's been an odd week. My installation of the Forte for Java, completely shagged my JRE for IE6. This meant that, if I went on any webpage with embedded Java in it, not only would it refuse to run, but oftentimes, the browser would crash. That's progress for you.

I haven't mentioned much about my job search. I think I'm not wanting to jinx myself. Well, not any more than my abject lack of confidence in myself has already done.

There are a couple of possible leads on the cards. One is a job back at Galileo, and the other is either a contract or a permanent position at an (as yet) unknown company, through a recruitement agent.

I'm not sure which I have the better chance of getting, if any. I have lots of very relevant experience for the Galileo job (because I used to work with the guy who left, creating this vacancy), but there have been a lot of internal candidates for it, so they'll have some of the industry experience too.

The other job... well, apparently, I'm a strong contender, as they're finding it difficult to get people with middleware experience. I have middleware experience. In fact, I've worn many a cumberbund. (bu-bum!). Seriously though, it appears that all that fiddly, awkward work making old software talk to new, I did at Galileo, might actually help me get a job somewhere else! Who'd have thunk it?

Tomorrow, or Tuesday, I'm back on the offensive again. I'm going to do the cold-calling thing - which, like most people still in possession of their soul, I hate doing.