Albatross' Blurty

Oh, Hai!

How's it going? So it's been a while, but I figure if I ever want my son to blog again, I'd best start setting an example by returning to the scene of my crimes.

Still unemployed on this the eight-weekly-versary of losing my prior abysmal contract (and that one at half time for the final three weeks). I'd better enjoy myself, because I'm going to soon be spending what little retirement money I have.

September, which is normally the time when contracts are coming in best, was absolutely dead. One of my job websites posts a "previous month" summary, and September showed three opportunities, none of them for security architecture.

October has been better, I've actually had three interviews, one in person. And I have an in-person interview scheduled for next week. Unfortunately the role is for a software architect, and I'm a network architect, so there's a good chance they won't pick me. Also I strike a lot of people as "too senior," meaning that they think their little job isn't interesting to me and that I'll leave for a better place at the first opportunity. "No!" I say, "No, your little job is VERY interesting to me, particularly as this one is scheduled to go two years." Two years is a wonderful length for a contract, my max has been 15 months so far. So I wouldn't mind taking the job.

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