I am not really sure what I’ve told to you already, because I’m writing this without Reading what I wrote… anyway, there’s some to tell so, let’s go!
I’m changing job. Already? I’ve been there just a month and a half! I don’t even have time to complain properly about that, isn’t it? I agree with this, but a (it seems to be) better chance crossed in front of me, and I took it.
As you (maybe) know, I was working for a consulting company. Everybody knows that this kind of employers require lots of effort in time (even though I haven’t suffered because of it at all). Besides this, even being a technical consulting company, the required technical knowledge is poor. I have to admit that I have learnt lots of stuff in this little time that I’ve been there, but the goal, the finality of what I was doing is really lame. I can’t tell it to you, or write about it because of a confidentiality clause in my contract, but believe me that it is not challenging. The technical side has been new and interesting, but the technical stuff has to be applied to something, and “that” something was really uninteresting.
I admit too, that this was my first job ever and it came to me after the Erasmus experience in Belgium, the longest and most amazing summer ever and five months of job-hunting and doing-nothing. This means that I jumped from an easy life: wake up, be lazy, play guitar, internet, send applications and go to interviews, to a real life: wake up early, work all day long, be tired… I know that “this is life” but I wasn’t used to it at all and it happened to be even harder to me than I was expecting. I’m just acknowledging that I’ve been extra negative about this job and I shouldn’t be…
During the first days there the new company called me (I applied there earlier). It hasn’t been a problem for them that I’m already working, and they told me what they do. The job it’s going to be based on programming (to) with a much more motivating goal, which is related to my studies. It’s almost hard to admit that I kind of liked some of the stuff that I’ve studied! I might be, also, that I feel that those seven years at the university are worth of doing something related to them now! I have a friend who is working in that company since December and he’s really glad to be there. I’m going to save one hour every day in the trip to work and back. The wage is better. The timings are better (including one month of intensive work time in summer).
Everything seems to be better than in the other job, plus I’ve been feeling that the first job was not at all my place to be. Of course that I don’t expect the new one to be “the job”, and I know that I’m going to have an adaptation week (at least) again, but I know a bit what to expect. And I am looking very forward to start there. Oh, I haven’t told that yet: I’m starting next Monday! And I quit the other job last Monday. I haven’t said that, but both jobs are here, in Spain. I’m going to have to wait a bit before a Finnish company decides to hire me!
I have lots of expectations on next week. Starting a new job is exciting, and at the end of the week… eastern holidays and trip to Finland! It will be a short trip there, but I am already waiting for it.
Take it easy, be happy and live the life!
Best regards!
