A brief flurry

Well, I hope it’s brief. It’s just started snowing. Jolly good. They ride in this morning was lovely, but cold as polar bears fridge. Hopefully it’ll stop snowing by the time I’m going home.

Don’t ask me why, but I think I’ve just figured out why this whole IT lark is pissing me off so much. And the reason is? Lack of enthusism. However not, as you may be thinking, mine, but rather the companies.

When I joined this lot the first time round it was enjoyable to begin with. They were a very small company, with big plans and they were excited about their own potential and stuff.

Now nobody cares. There is no excitment. There is no enthusism. People turn up to work, do what they have to to get paid, then go home, trying not to think that they have to return in a few hours.

The previous company I worked for was similar, although they were an odd lot in thay there had been a few redundancies previously. But again it was a fairly lackluster place, with people not believing in their product (apart from those who were activly developing it who were very clique like) and the others doing repetative work.

And with the job that I just turned down, I now realise the reason I felt very unmotivated is that the people who interviewed me didn’t seem enthusiastic at all. To me, it seemed like they felt as I do here. Bored and trapped.

In contrast, I had another interview yesterday (No, I don’t know why I went for another IT interview either) and the blok who took me round could well have been a salesman. He was really enthusiastic and believed in what the company was doing and excited about the future. And I actually thought to myself I could see myself enojoying working here.

This still doesn’t change the fact that I don’t want another IT job, but might explain why am I particularly down on this industry at the moment.