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4th-Apr-2008 03:04 am
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I applied for a job posting last Monday. I only found out about the opening Friday night, and it took me the whole weekend to think it through. It was for a position that I'm not normally associated with, but I want that post. Wanted it because I felt it was such a challenge, it sparked my interest so much, I couldn't sleep just thinking about it. The post could've squeezed out the very best from my every pore. No other TOR in recent memory elicited such a reaction from me.

But of course, with the requirements 85% away from my specialties, I didn't get it. Sad, but expected. Oh, well.

To drown the mild disappointment, I busied myself with jailbreaking PIC's iPod Touch. It took me the better part of the afternoon to jailbreak the thing, and probably sustained a wrist injury from grappling the tail-less mouse for hours. Eventually, the Touch was hacked and the January upgrades were loaded sans the 20$ fee (+/- 800 Php) along with other useful and time-draining apps. However, the jailbreak messed up YouTube's protocols and I couldn't get it to work :( Luckily, PIC said he doesn't use YouTube on Touch. I need to find a way to restore that function. Anyone got ideas?


"Give me an occupation or I shall run mad." - Col. Brandon (Alan Rickman), Sense and Sensibility
My sentiments exactly. Very well said Colonel, very well said. - Bart
Comments 
4th-Apr-2008 01:03 am (UTC)
This kind of happened to me lately. I applied for a job, and actually got an interview, but though the job seemed perfect for me on paper, when I got to the interview it turned out that they were looking for something else that's not really in my scope of experience. I'm still hoping I got it, but for now I'm not expecting much. :/

Are you super picky with jobs? I am. In the past 3 months I've only applied to two jobs so far, sigh.
4th-Apr-2008 07:10 am (UTC)
Well, in this case even on paper, it was very off my line of work but slightly teeny-weeny bit related. But I knew I could do it, knew that I could knock it out of the park. It was for an international event so I guess experience is paramount, never even made it to the short list haha.

Picky with jobs? Hmm, I'd guess so. But the thing is, I've never really applied for any of my past postings. It all just fell on my lap I suppose, and this terrifies me. I wouldn't know how I would hold up against an actual application for a job that I want.
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