New year, new position?
I have not been able to blog lately as you may have noticed. Things kept me really busy at work - I got so burnt out every day after work that by the time I got home I was not able to sit down and type anything.
Our uni has just started setting up an e-learning server and beside sharing the course materials with the students, the depts would like to deliver some of the courses/classes online. E-learning is just getting more and more popular in Hungary, so I guess cog-wheel caught us too.
Our Linux guru said that there is a free built in module in the Linux server, Moodle, which is an e-learning software, so he activated that. And who has to test it and tweak it? Who? Me of course, because our unit (summer uni) will use it first, starting from this spring.
There are only a very few things that can make me loose my temper, but Moodle managed to do it to me. By the end of last week I was about throwing out the whole pc through the window of our 3rd floor office.
The thing is that our Linux guru said he had no time to test how this module works so I had to do it. By this Friday I got much more familiar with the whole thing and managed to find out by what laws this software works. I risk saying: I started to like it.
Anyway. It's still better and more creative than my job at the computer unit. I thought I've been working for my uni for 10 years now but this morning I had to realize that it's really been only 9 years. Hmm.... 9, as the special number. Now I understand why I feel the need of moving further.
By the way, I got a job offer. I've accidentally met the director of the IT company who provides IT service for our university and we had some common projects in the past few weeks - even now we work on one particular project.
He asked me if I wanted to join them as a project manager. Hmm... at first I was very surprised because this was the first time that I was asked to accept a better position and it was not me who run after it. I said "why not? Let's talk about it". So we agreed to make an appointment soon and I listen to what they can offer and what I would have to do in return.
Who knows - maybe if they offer me a much better paying position I may even postpone my plans with going abroad to work and I can stay in Hungary. We'll see.
Our uni has just started setting up an e-learning server and beside sharing the course materials with the students, the depts would like to deliver some of the courses/classes online. E-learning is just getting more and more popular in Hungary, so I guess cog-wheel caught us too.
Our Linux guru said that there is a free built in module in the Linux server, Moodle, which is an e-learning software, so he activated that. And who has to test it and tweak it? Who? Me of course, because our unit (summer uni) will use it first, starting from this spring.
There are only a very few things that can make me loose my temper, but Moodle managed to do it to me. By the end of last week I was about throwing out the whole pc through the window of our 3rd floor office.
The thing is that our Linux guru said he had no time to test how this module works so I had to do it. By this Friday I got much more familiar with the whole thing and managed to find out by what laws this software works. I risk saying: I started to like it.
Anyway. It's still better and more creative than my job at the computer unit. I thought I've been working for my uni for 10 years now but this morning I had to realize that it's really been only 9 years. Hmm.... 9, as the special number. Now I understand why I feel the need of moving further.
By the way, I got a job offer. I've accidentally met the director of the IT company who provides IT service for our university and we had some common projects in the past few weeks - even now we work on one particular project.
He asked me if I wanted to join them as a project manager. Hmm... at first I was very surprised because this was the first time that I was asked to accept a better position and it was not me who run after it. I said "why not? Let's talk about it". So we agreed to make an appointment soon and I listen to what they can offer and what I would have to do in return.
Who knows - maybe if they offer me a much better paying position I may even postpone my plans with going abroad to work and I can stay in Hungary. We'll see.
2 comments:
Congrats!! I hope you get the new position! Sounds good. At least you didn't break your computer, so you're still able to do the new work on it... hehe
Thanks, although it's still not sure. We'll have the meeting next week so I am really curious.
I think I becamoe more ambitious regarding work stuff. I want to make a better use of my organizing and coordinating abilities, so at least now I have some kind of imagination about what I am looking for.
I have the feeling that this year is having some major developments for me in my career...
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