Quickie News

Okay, first, no job for me. To those of you who knew that I was applying to work at ITS at Bishop's, that should satisfy your curiosity as to my immediate future. From an outside point of view, their decision to go with someone else looks sound. The candidate they selected graduated from Bishops 9 years ago and has been working in Windows development ever since, clearly on paper he has more Windows code experience than I do. My ego says that I can both learn and develop faster than most people can just develop, and past experience tells me that may actually be quite true. Aside from my ego, there is no way at all that the other person will ever put the kind of effort in that I would have, and if I do end up working for Bishops at some point they'll realize that, but I will not wait forever -- even if it is a job I would love to have.

So, currently I'm on a train heading for Toronto. And, by the way, internet access on Via trains is great, and oh so convenient. I was able to connect to my work VPN and do all my Canadian Tire stuff this morning. Anyway, I'll be in Southern Ontario for a few days, then back to North Hatley for Christmas. I'll wait until after the holidays to make any big decisions about my future.