Well I'm unemployed. Despite a valiant effort by the entire team we finally ran out of money. The big deal we made at the start of the year fell through and there was nothing for it. Appropria itself is still battling on in skeleton mode so its not quite the end of the story but unless a miracle happens its not far off.
If you work in IT you get used to this kind of thing. The only real hassle is that the job market is not quite the one I would choose to enter voluntarily so the immediate future is not as clear as I would like it to be. For the longer term the time seems to be right for going it alone and setting my own company up. I have a business plan that’s been brewing quietly in the background for a while now so watch this space.
The biggest thing I have noticed with this sudden change in circumstances is a) how stressed I must have been and b) how tired I am now the stress is not pushing me forwards.
The next few weeks are going to be the usual in these circumstances. Phoning agents and sending emails (and possibly even letters but I haven’t done that to find a job for years now). It is also a great opportunity to get some work done on my projects and also a project Abby is doing. Best of all of course I get to spend some quality time with Abby and Milo while I’m not too tired or stressed out.
I don’t get to listen to much music at home (due mainly to Abby hating most of the music I like) but the Sylvian album “Blemish” (see below) is a stunning piece of work.
Posted by Mark at July 3, 2003 07:57 PM