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May. 27th, 2006 03:36 amIn regards to my last post, I ended up opting to take a position that was offered me by another company. They'd not contacted me by the time of my last post -- so I wasn't sure they wanted me. But yeah they did -- and I preferred them. The pay's almost as good, and the distance from home is half that of the other one I had in mind, while the hours also seem (in theory atleast) better. The difference really wasn't worth the life-devouring timewaste I'd have to suffer every single day.
The one I ended up picking is a Belgium-based company, and because a Belgian was also present in the interview, it was conducted in English. *g* I only had a single instance of trouble in it -- when the guy (in order to determine that I did have the programming knowledge I mentioned in my CV) asked me concerning try-catch and for ten-fifteen seconds or so my mind was processing this as "trycuts" and I was metaphorically blinking in confusion. But since I ended up figuring it out, and telling them enough to understand that I did know what I was talking about, no harm done.
I begin work on June 5th. So this next "empty" week I'm gonna fill with various odds and ends. Some recreation before the plunge for starters - I went Friday and grabbed several books for starters -- Ursula Le Guin and Orson Scott Card. I'm gonna open me a bank account as will be necessary to get paid. Will also get me one of those new-type ID cards that can also double as travel documents throughout the EU. Perhaps also renew my passport. Today I did go and got photographs enough for all of these.
Need to replace my broken printer some time too, but I'll probably only do that after my first paycheck. It can probably afford to wait.
The one I ended up picking is a Belgium-based company, and because a Belgian was also present in the interview, it was conducted in English. *g* I only had a single instance of trouble in it -- when the guy (in order to determine that I did have the programming knowledge I mentioned in my CV) asked me concerning try-catch and for ten-fifteen seconds or so my mind was processing this as "trycuts" and I was metaphorically blinking in confusion. But since I ended up figuring it out, and telling them enough to understand that I did know what I was talking about, no harm done.
I begin work on June 5th. So this next "empty" week I'm gonna fill with various odds and ends. Some recreation before the plunge for starters - I went Friday and grabbed several books for starters -- Ursula Le Guin and Orson Scott Card. I'm gonna open me a bank account as will be necessary to get paid. Will also get me one of those new-type ID cards that can also double as travel documents throughout the EU. Perhaps also renew my passport. Today I did go and got photographs enough for all of these.
Need to replace my broken printer some time too, but I'll probably only do that after my first paycheck. It can probably afford to wait.