MalcolmOwen Posted April 15, 2012 Report Share Posted April 15, 2012 In November I was made redundant from my callcentre job of 7 years doing outsourced customer care for a mobile phone network in the UK. Same time I moved out of where I was living due to the landlord performing renovations, so have stayed with part of my family in the middle of nowhere. Almost literally. I mean, there's farms and a caravan site. If I wanted a clerical or admin job, I'd have to go on a bus for an hour a day and end up going into another yet smaller callcentre doing work that made me clinically depressed.After New Year, I was getting bored of being stuck in the house with no money and no nearby friends. February, the cabin fever hit to the point where I started looking into starting a business: legalities, training etc. I blogged more about tech on a hobbyist site I made, I learned how to make bread, and I found out way too much about the tax system than I really needed to go into. About a fortnight ago, I saw a proper tech site was advertising for a full-time writing position. Since I had to apply to jobs to get my Jobseeker's Allowance (Unemployment Benefits in UK Government Speak), I went for it and expected not much. I was asked for an interview. I then had a job offer. I started on Monday, worked through the week and am over the moon with being able to do a job that I wanted to do for a long time and effectively did as a hobby, but now as a proper, honest to goodness, JOB!WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!Now, back to my Associated Press Stylebook... Link to comment
Librarian of Doom Posted April 15, 2012 Report Share Posted April 15, 2012 That's amazing!!! Congrats! Hobbit Ranger seeking balance (and cookies) Current Challenge Link to comment
unicornassassin Posted April 15, 2012 Report Share Posted April 15, 2012 That's great news! Awesome. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] “If we all did the things we are capable of, we would astound ourselves.†-Thomas Edison "I'm only at about 35-40%, and I'm surprised as eff." -unicornassssin Fitocracy! [thread=16121]My Challenge Thread[/thread] Link to comment
ETFnerd Posted April 15, 2012 Report Share Posted April 15, 2012 nice... i don't care what u think of me. unless u think i'm awesome. in which case u're right. Intro - Workout Log - ABS Log - Fitness Philosophy - Accountability - NERDEE - Weight Maintenance Link to comment
StrengthIsBeauty Posted April 15, 2012 Report Share Posted April 15, 2012 Congrats! Run Loba, Run Link to comment
Book Posted April 15, 2012 Report Share Posted April 15, 2012 Wow... that must have been such a huge relief. Congrats... I've been there. Character and Epic Quest! Current Challenge Battle Log Link to comment
sumdawgtwigg Posted April 17, 2012 Report Share Posted April 17, 2012 Thats great! "It's always the ones that don't do anything that try to bring you down" - Henry Rollins "There is no meantime, there is only now" - The Ditty Bops Trail Blazing Elf Ranger Sumdawgtwigg Level 3 STR-3 DEX-4 STA-4 CON-3 WIS-5 CHA-2 Fitocracy My Game Blog DO IT CHALLENGE! Link to comment
Fogo Posted April 17, 2012 Report Share Posted April 17, 2012 Congrats! Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. Fitocracy | About.me Fogo STR: 6 | DEX: 5.25 | STA: 7.25 | CON: 4 | WIS: 3.75 | CHA: 4.25 Fogo's <CREATIVE_CHALLENGE_NAME> Challenge [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment
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