Today marks the first anniversary of the start of my career full time contracting, so here's a look back on the previous year including some of the things that I did that were by products of that transition and the associated lifestyle and most of which I wouldn't have done had I still been a full time permanent employee in my previous job.
Here goes:
Was Project Manager for Tesco.com grocery, one of the world's leading e-commerce sites
Was Project manager for a major public sector project in Northern Ireland, part of the Causeway programme.
Gained security clearance
Bought laptop for working away from home
Bought PRINCE2 course, studying in my spare time
Went to the gym a lot
Went to over 80 live performances
Considerably improved my singing.
Turnover of my company that I founded in 2001 is now sufficient to require VAT registration. Filed first VAT return, very boring.
Got RBS Black card.
Visited debating chamber at Stormont
Met the Minister for Enterprise in Scotland
Appeared in the Belfast Telegraph, helped with research for programme on Ulster Scots
Learned about what really makes a good hotel and that few hotels are actually worth staying in for more than a few nights before total boredom sets in. Campaigned against rip off WiFi rates.
Significantly increased my income and moved house.
Admired Central Scotland and the Ayrshire coast from 16,000 feet on a clear blue day, several times.
Was Information lead for a Techcrunch 40 company, Crowdspirit.
Met lots of interesting people from all over the world.
Got used to 4am starts every Monday.
Walked from my bedroom to work every day.
I can now drink in a smoke free pub anywhere in the UK, something I campaigned for on national TV in 1990.
Became my own boss.
By Craig Cockburn, IT Professional from Scotland. Digital Transformation, Agile Management, Politics and Social change
Total Pageviews
26 November 2007
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Popular Posts
-
Find me on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/siliconglen/ Medium https://siliconglen.medium.com/ thanks Craig
-
I typically get a lot of calls from Recruitment Agencies. Usually it's about 20-25 a week. At 5-10 mins a call plus the inevitable telep...
-
An article on how Agile can sit alongside PRINCE2 and where DSDM Atern fits in. In 2007, I put "used an Agile/PRINCE2 development str...
-
Having been on hold to the Orange contact centre (I guess that's what you would call it, I might call it a non-contact centre) for appro...
-
I use Iprofile which is the online CV designed to make life easier for recruiters. However, the system is extremely buggy, insecure and wor...
-
If I said that I know of a way in which Yahoo could dramatically improve its search capability, take on Google in areas that Google is curre...
-
I have always been a bit surprised by the banking industry. It must be that there is a special set of skills you can only get when working f...
-
Introduction You may be wondering the significance of the three Scottish flags in the image. I took this picture a few weeks ago. I'...
-
Your profile indicates you have been contracting recently, therefore you will only be interested in contract work then? Incorrect. Thi...
-
Since 30th December, I've been doing a folk song of the day for the folk choir I am in, Morris . It's introduced the choir to new...
No comments:
Post a Comment