In which I whine at length
Posted by Joel Wed, 31 May 2006 17:52:00 GMT
I spent some time in Abir reading the Rails book, came back and worked on thra.symach.us for about the rest of the day and got a lot of things done in it. Went to Fly for dinner. Listened to my library and Justin's iPod on shuffle for the duration, and it was really great to have my familiar music mixed in with his new and interesting stuff.
I applied for another job. I really hate being ignored by employers and I hate that everyone plays it off as common and expected. I guess I have to get in and harass them a bit; but any time someone says they're going to do something and doesn't do it, especially if it directly concerns me, I tend to lose a lot of respect for them and our relationship.
I've gotten jobs (or at least responses) in the past without having to repeatedly email and call up employers, why does it seem to be such a necessity now? It's funny, the small startups with one or two guys are better able to remember who their candidates are than the more established companies that have HR people dedicated to the task.
Potential other trades include teaching. And I've been entertaining the idea of JET again.
Since I'm unemployed, I have both the time and interest to do things like read this Rails book or study new principles with this forum software. With a job, I tended to get complacent when it comes to learning, as I spent all day working in things without the same self-driven interest, so I didn't want to spend my free time learning about them.
I'll tell you the truth, I haven't written any tests for this thrasymachus program yet, and I don't know if I'm going to. Funny how none of those Rails "make a blog in 5 minutes!" videos include writing tests, probably because they're boring and time consuming and refreshing the browser achieves the same effect.
I must try to stop using the expression, "not a big fan".
