Well, it’s not all bad news.
Unfortunately, my job is gone. Covid-19 has hit my place of employment hard, and we’ve had to let a lot of research staff go. My job is mainly ‘help the research staff with IT support’ and so this meant that, inevitably, it’s my time to go. I’m still on the books until sometime in April.
From here my choices are fairly simple.
1 – Look for new work in NSW.
2 – Give up and go back to SA.
Since there’s a lot more jobs in NSW, I’m optimistic about finding a role here. I’m primarily looking for a programming related role, ideally a permanent or full time position. In the mean time, I started that Udemy course I talked about way back in…uh, March 2018.
While I’ve enjoyed my time at the University, and the conditions/pay have been great, I’ve come to realise that unless I’m working using my professional skill set, I don’t have the sense of ‘job well done’ satisfaction that I crave.
The good news is that I have time to find something.
Therefore, I’d like to make sure I find something that is truly what I want, and not something I feel I have to take because it was all I could find.