Software/solutions consultant, and union actor.
I mean I was. I mean I am. I dunno. 20 years in I.T. starting from programming to a ‘senior tech consultant’. But was then made redundant. Didn’t get a job straight away. Started working at my girlfriend’s bar as a bartender & server.
That was over a year ago. 60+ applications for jobs in I.T.; zero interviews. WTF.
I’m trying to work out why & what to fix, but for now? I’m a server & actor.
I’m reading and tinkering with technologies but not nearly enough. And will have to explain the gap in employment.
It’s getting harder to resist the urge to panic and break down.
Long anecdote short; no.
Short anecdote long; nooooo. I had a Selenocosmia Crassipes (from north-east QLD, Australia) for a year or so, and she never seemed to … ‘warm’ to me.
I had to get her out in a cup regularly to change her substrate, and/or attempt to give ‘pats’ after a few beers, but she’d always rear-up to strike :/ But I was her cricket and pinky-mouse dealer!
I didn’t research it. I don’t have studies to cite. I didn’t approach it constructively.
I just hoped one day we’d click, before going on adventures together.
I miss Fluffy.