I have my annual physical exam tomorrow and am compiling a list of things to bring up ( Read more... )

Today I took a programmer aptitude test. I was very careful not to make the mistake of going too slowly like I did on part of the ACT so long ago, and my plan mostly worked. The first section had 40 questions to answer in 10 minutes, for example. I was very good at just skipping things and then going back. I didn't get a perfect score, however ( Read more... )

This is yet another entry about my thinking about my job. But that's what's going on in my life right now. (Bored? Skip to the asterisks below ( Read more... )

Lately I've been reading a lot of heroic fiction by Lois McMaster Bujold. Usually when I'm reading fiction, I mostly just read it, but I would like to spend a little more time imagining what I would do in the situations the characters face before I read what the actual characters do (the way people reading mysteries try to guess who the bad guy is ( Read more... )

I've been trying to think of what I'd be willing to sacrifice in my next job so I can decide what jobs to apply for. In the past, I wanted a fun job at my current employer (or other employer with the same or compatible retirement plan) without a significant pay cut. But now that I'm fantasizing about just plain quitting, it seems like maybe a ( Read more... )

I'm reading about teaching. I read a blog entry where someone was complaining about how stupid it was that they were forced to teach math with group learning and no practice and the kids were all confused. So the writer, who was planning to teach for only three years (as part of the Americorp program, I think), just ignored that and did what ( Read more... )

One of my readers has inspired me to think about trying to get a teaching job again. One thing I never thought of that she pointed out is that I no longer look twelve. I would no longer be mistaken for a student at a junior high school the way I was when I was a Teacher's Aide after college ( Read more... )

Just when I start thinking, hey, I can deal with my job, something else happens. For example, last Monday I learned of a plan which, if it is enacted, would result in almost the entire remainder of my original job duties being transferred to someone else (who I would train). In other words, 95% of my job duties would be "other duties as assigned ( Read more... )

My blog buddy totally forgot to blog yesterday, and somehow I never clicked the "post" button on my entry. Until now. Ill winds. But I'm writing again today, so it's okay, right ( Read more... )

Today at work I finished a boring thing, then another boring thing, then I sent out all the e-mails about confusing issues in the second boring thing. I made photocopies. And I went to two meetings ( Read more... )