Break open a bottle !! Gotta Job !1!

Starting April 2nd I'm on the job securing quality and safety for installation projects. I'm not sure what that all means since I've never done something like this before but if I understand correctly it will look something like this.

The employer does installation projects regarding pipes and cables at building sites. They deliver turn-key projects, i.e. complete delivery, hardware, software, employers 'n all in a complete package. Someone has to make sure that deadlines are met, that the stuff works and that no one gets injured during installation. The project leader has total responsibility but nonetheless someone has to overlook the process.

During project definition there has to be a clear quality definition and points need to be planned so to be able to measure progress on the project, someone needs to check it's all inbuilt. Someone needs to draft up quality and safety procedures. During the build someone needs to check ever so now and then that rules and regulations are applied correctly. At project closure the situation needs to be checked by someone so to assure it's all according to the quality standards agreed with the customer and national regulations.

Well, that'll be me.

Whoohoo!

2Rowdy dances, 2Rowdy twirls, 2Rowdy laughs.

So I'm gonna pop open some bottle with bubbles inside. Could be beer or spoiled grapes, not sure yet but I'm a gonna get extremely drunk soon.

Long voyage South and back

As announced yesterday I went towards a jobinterview today. Packed my backpack with some food and drinks, a bundle of useful papers and my wife had prepared me a suit to wear. The planner on the internet told me it should be a 2:20h trip, and since I have a floating car (not farting) I name it a voyage. Left with a 40 minutes reserve. Sufficient to tackle most unexpected problems during the voyage.

The voyage went just perfect. I was well ahead of time and the most jam-packed town (Zwolle) had been taken so I took me some time for a cop of coffee at a truckstop. Bought a present for someone dear.

Just after Arnhem, back on the A50, complete gridlock for about 30 minutes. Just after that another traffic-jam and nearing South it was back bumper-to-bumper. Gave me a good chance to make a call telling I would be about 20 minutes late.

That estimate was just about perfect. 20 minutes late.

The interview went good however they were quite clear they were willing to hire me provided they wouldn't have to pay for me for half a year. My competition would be a fresh from HighSchool kid. I tried to make clear that, er, that's not a fair comparisation. Decided I would pull as much info from that consultancy firm as possible and ponder on it for a while.

After the interview I went to a dear friend of mine I have never seen before, christinA. My mission was to hand out hugs from across the ocean (Zoë). I added some of my own. I was offered a sandwich and a few good cups of coffee. We have talked and shared well over two hours. Oh, and I gave her the present, a white cuddly bear cub. Thank you for your warm welcome and when I'm near I'll drop by again furrsure.

The way back went much faster, no traffic-jams this time. But I have seen TWO C6 Citroëns! Alive and floating! (<sniff> I want one, just one<sniff>)

At home I noticed my backpack was wet. No so strange as it has been raining all day but, er, turned out my drinks were spilled all over the inside of my backpack.

I'll write a rejection note for the job tomorrow.

Project status

According to the program there should be a dual trajectory now. Three days consultancy and two days of masterclasses.

The masterclasses are there but I haven't seen a consultancy mission for me yet. From the class three people have dropped out. The bar was set to high for them. The class consists now of about 25 people.

From those people about 5 have a consultancy job and the rest has three days a week to find a consultancy job. Inspiring.

I guess there will something for me next January, I hope.

The classes are interesting. In depth ICT management, financial management and general management. Other types of masterclasses will follow later on. Somehow I have managed myself in the position of teaching ICT skills to my fellow classmates. In the process I'm updating my ITIL knowledge.

For the ones that missed my original postings on this subject. I'm in a project "opportunities for knowledge workers" and we have a month of assessing behind us. Knowing what we can do and where we want to go.

The result is a bag full of businesscards and a (locked) website containing parts of my resumé. I'll continue towards Quality Assurance and Project Management. Got a job? Mail me! I'm good.

I have reposted the start of the project in this blog for you to read.

A new beginning of a start

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After two interesting careers both starting from scratch and ending with a load of responsibilities I am home pondering what to do next, motivation is dropping.

A month ago I was discussing this with