good luck with the job sitch, shrift. (::quietly shakes pompoms for the possible move west::)

I had a less than productive day, since my work computer turned up as dead as a Norwegian parrot when I got in. And I got in late because I had to take TNG to the vet for more tests. Happily, the tests reveal no more cancer outside of the one tumor, so they're going to take it out tomorrow and hopefully that will be the end of it. (Depends on the results of the surgery and whether they can be sure they got it all.)

Down side: I have so many non-work obligations this week because of dog and Dad that I'm going to have to work on my day off on Friday. Bah.

OTOH, my oldest niece landed a permanent full-time job at the nonprofit she'd just been laid off from (but now on the policy side rather than the political campaign side), so that's good news.

Arrived home today to discover that Dad had ordered a Bose Wave soundsystem for me. What?

shrift, what exactly do you do?

The biggest component of my anxiety is worrying that I'll be unemployed in a few years and wont't be able to find a good job due to age discrimination in the programming industry. Perhaps I'm more anxious than I need to be but anxiety isn't logical.

What I know can help my anxiety is for me to stop trying to ignore the issue and instead finding out what my options might actually be.

So, um... yeah, I should get on that.

Also, SQL is easy. (At least it is for me.)

I'm glad you had good health news for your dog, Consuela.

If I lose my job here, I'll check around various insurance companies that use our product and ask what they'll pay for someone who has done tech support for the damned thing. I've gotten lots of "If you lived here I'd hire you!" remarks.

shrift, what exactly do you do?

Good question. I used to be in Trust & Safety, basically, and now I'm in online advertising policy. I want to get back into Trust & Safety. I'm considering a move west to Silicon Valley (::shakes pompoms back at Consuela::) because that's where those jobs tend to be.

What I know can help my anxiety is for me to stop trying to ignore the issue and instead finding out what my options might actually be.

Ha ha, if you're like me, prepare for a temporary increase in your anxiety when you actually start finding out what your options are, because then you have to figure out what to do with your life. My anxiety generally drops after I've made a decision, but I'm in the limbo between realizing you need a new job and actually getting a new job.

Also, SQL is easy. (At least it is for me.)

Yeah, I've messed around with it and Python a bit and can make thinks work, but I can't say I'm strong in it.

JFC I left my front door wide open all day.

-t, you seem to have gotten all your Mondaying out of the way for a while.

Being on vacation made this seem like a not-Monday to me. Would that I could sleep in and go to afternoon movies on regular Mondays.

Today was totally a not-Monday for me, but that's mostly due to wheee birthday! Which included, in the weekly check-in call with my boss, him saying "Happy birthday, you don't have to call in to the 7am meeting tomorrow".

Very nice, Jilli and Matt!

That's a good birthday gift, Jilli.

So I woke up realizing that I have letters to write to my current coworkers as a good bye, please don't forget this.