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Thankfuly, we work very well together, even if we are on the opposite ends of the Biologist spectrum. :mrgreen:
 
It’s not an achievement, but a “little win”, but it still made me smile a lot:

flew to Frankfurt, arrived an hour late

walked quickly to the train station and caught the earlier and faster train to Cologne

walked quickly to the subterranean tram stop, saw the departure board, ran for the slightly late train that was due to arrive and caught it

arrived at my stop, got off and caught a few raindrops, so once again I hightailed it

Five minutes later and I would have got wet, ten minutes later I would have got drenched.
 
After tolerating Accunture's business "culture", bullshit clickthrough exercises in the name of "compliance", broken promises and outright lies in the onboarding process, and just general corporateness for about a year, I found myself a new jerb at the local hospital as a KLAUWD wrangler. Starting date is something that will be agreed upon in the coming days.
 
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After tolerating Accunture's business "culture", bullshit clickthrough exercises in the name of "compliance", broken promises and outright lies in the onboarding process, and just general croporateness for about a year, I found myself a new jerb at the local hospital as a KLAUWD wrangler. Starting date is something that will be agreed upon in the coming days.
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Congrats! This still means WFH or some time at the Hospital?
 
The hospital is a 10 minute bike ride if I take it easy... And I was looking for an employer where a trip to the office wouldn't mean a half day of travelling and a week of recuperation afterwards, so I would at least be able to be at an office more often.
 
After 2.5 years of being a consultant at a small consultancy I yesterday confirmed I will start as a consultant at a mid-size consultancy from Dec. 1st. Much better employee benefits, and hopefully more structure and size will give me and the people I work with the opportunity to be less generalist and more specialist on some areas of the field.
 
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After 2.5 years of being a consultant at a small consultancy I yesterday confirmed I will start as a consultant at a mid-size consultancy from Dec. 1st. Much better employee benefits, and hopefully more structure and size will give me and the people I work with the opportunity to be less generalist and more specialist on some areas of the field.
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Were you consulted for the consultancy position? That way others are made aware that you were consulted with before going forward with the plan.

Congratulations sir. :)
 
Since the start of the year, my wife and I have been learning pottery! From then we’ve basically been hooked on making stuff (mugs, vases, etc.).

This weekend, we took part in a local handcraft market in Vancouver. While we haven’t sold nearly as much as we expected, we still made a tidy profit and met wonderful people (some of who went crazy for some of the stuff my wife made).

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That's some very nice stuff you've come up with there! Living in a "pottery town" that's famous (or wants to be?) for an extremely ugly mug, I'm usually really not a fan of most pottery because it's either boring (as in everybody does the exact same), obviously homemade ("but the defects tell such a nice stoooory..."), or otherwise unattractive (see above ugly mug, everybody does replicas). plus, it feels a little forced upon everyone, because it seems one of the very few positive parts of the towns history (the last 200 or so years have been open pit mines, mostly, so... ughh... yeah).
Very nice to see you enjoying the hobby (is it still that if you're actually making money off it? ;-)) and making some high quality and unusual stuff. Nice. also look at you two at your little market stall all proud and happy!
 
Thanks for the kind words!

I’m still at the hobby+ level, but my wife progressed quick, most of the stuff on the IG page is hers actually :)
 
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I got accepted to forestry school. Guess that justifies buying the 4WD Corolla :mrgreen:
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This sounds like a chill job, alone. ❤️
 
Nah, I'll still hold onto my normal job. This is about getting a better understanding of how to manage forest and sell it sustainably. Plus at work we deal with all the wonderful things you can do with lumber, so there can be some overlap.
 
Wood be good to add to your portfolio
 
Earlier last week I got the email from my community college that my petition for graduation with an AA is "provisionally approved", and depended on keeping my GPA above the minimum. Yesterday I submitted the last of my final exams/projects, and even if I fail all of them with a 0%, I'll still be above that level so...I (still unofficially) have "a degree" after starting college for the first time at 42 in 2021. I'm the first in my family (the direct line...not counting cousins, aunts uncles, etc).
 
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