I had to get up for a 7am meeting that lasted 15 minutes.

It's sad when we measure our days by this.

Yeah. I'm pulling internal job postings so I can surf them while I eat lunch. Okay, technically while I digest lunch because I already crammed the sweet chili shrimp and tofu in my face.

Ew, Matt!

I keep hearing our new (as of, like, January) Managing Director introducing himself to the people who sit near me. Not me, though. Trying not to take it personally, but after a couple of higher ups have only said hi in passing and have not acknowledged in any way that I haven't been here for over two weeks I feel a little blinvisible.

I saw that there's an internal posting for a bookkeeper here, which would technically be more in my field but I'm pretty sure would in reality be a step down career-wise so I'm ignoring it. I know I've got that "where do you see yourself in the future" conversation looming over me at my review though. I have no idea! Still doing this for quite a while is okay, though, maybe that's an acceptable answer.

I had a coaching meeting with the QA department yesterday, and she said "We keep trying to get you moved over here! There's an opening in a couple of months, please apply for it."

That's a nice feeling.

Still doing this for quite a while is okay, though, maybe that's an acceptable answer.

It would be to me! Not everything needs to be a stepping-stone.

It is lovely outside. Too bad that means it's hot in my office! My boss's office was literally 80 degrees this morning when we were in there with the door shut.

That is nice, Connie. Would you be interested in working with QA?

Would you be interested in working with QA?

Oh, yes, I've been on the phones for nine years, I'd like the break, and I'd like to use my experience to help new people treat our customers better. We've got a lot of dicks and proud idiots who call in, but a lot of our customers are people who never wanted to use computers every day and just need reassured that they can cope with this. The youngsters working here don't really understand people who don't grok computers.

I'll need to remember that paragraph for my next application. Though I'll remove the word grok, though that's a surprisingly useful word.

I have no idea! Still doing this for quite a while is okay, though, maybe that's an acceptable answer.

It is an acceptable answer! It's been my answer for the past few years, but unfortunately, my answer now is "not doing this anymore."

Without having an MBA or a degree in Computer Science, I'm still not seeing a ton out there for me when I filter for jobs that I'm actually interested in doing. I did just ping a recruiter about another Dublin job that fits my background better than the other one.

For awhile my answer was learning my job. Now my answer Is something like refocusing my job and changing some aspect of the job to fit changing needs. The next job I want doesn't really exists yet.