Growing Pains

This will probably be the most classical “blog post” thus far and also very short because of reasons explained below.

Roughly two weeks ago I’ve left my job, somehow the same day got a call from a potential job, for which I ended up doing an interview the day after. I thought it went OK, they said they’ll call me, but that hasn’t happened thus far, so it’s safe to assume I’m in the bin. I almost laughed out aloud when I was asked why I’ve been changing jobs “so often”. If 2-3 years and a dash of COVID is considered such, then I’m guilty as charged, but employers expecting people to stay in one place until they retire are probably one of the most clueless entities on this planet.

The week after I got a call from a place that they want to meet me in person. I went into the interview thinking I’ll use it as practice or rather research and forego the atypical politeness I force upon myself. Not surprisingly, being closer to my natural self made the talk go with a lot more ease, HR was pretty chill so I’ve felt pretty good about the whole thing. They’ve told me they’ll be in touch within a week, max two. I said alright, thanked them for the opportunity and shelved it as another one of my failures. Still I filed a note for personal success and decided to go about any opportunity that comes towards me the same way.

To my surprise a couple of hours later my phone rang with an offer from them. Needles to say I accepted, but I’m still baffled at how well this all went. I checked the dates back and after I applied for the job, within 2 days I actually got it. Madness. I’m not sure what exactly I’ve been doing any different, but I do remember tweaking some things at the job portal I was using, ultimately coming the conclusion that your CV does not make a difference, it’s the websites built in profiles system that employers are looking at. For future reference: Good to know.

Otherwise I’ve been doing some gamedev during the weekend and after a 5 hour modeling session, I’ve felt my left hand being numb and filled with pain. Grabbing and lifting things were problematic so I took a break from my PC and just watched Star Trek Voyager, while taking some muscle tension relaxer. It’s better now, but still not great (yet look at me, typing this crap, hah!). Something really does need to happen to me all the time, it’s getting bloody ridiculous.