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Review Of 2022 Goals

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Well, I guess I should work out what I achieved and didn’t achieve in 2022. BIG LIFE-CHANGING STUFF Be paid like a senior engineer. Well, this was in the pipeline and was finally confirmed before I even starting turning this from draft comments to an actual post. Though at the time of writing, I still hadn’t actually been paid at the new rate. Maybe there will be a company-wide pay rise or a software engineering one too. Result: Achieved – though I knew it was happening before 2022 started, it just wasn’t confirmed. 100% success. Seriously look into buying a … Continued

18 Moments Of 2022

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Well it’s that time of year for looking back – and 2022 has certainly been a fun year, even if I didn’t quite achieve as much as I like to demand of myself. As normal, most of these moments are positive, but a few are negative – this is “moments” as opposed to “highlights”, as I don’t want to forget the challenges and difficulties of the world. Not particularly in order, but definitely the best moments at the end. Let’s start with an achievement, shall we? 18. Promotion! Possibly a bit of a cheat including this as I knew in … Continued

Running Out Of Beans

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It’s cold, I’m cold, I’ve got a cold and I’ve run out of beans. Just a week to Christmas and I should be out somewhere having festive fun, but I just feel run down and have no energy and little motivation. I’m even purposely planning on trying to find a disappointing roast dinner tomorrow. I’ve had fun this month – too much fun as fun comes with consequences in your 40’s. Alcohol-fuelled fun does, anyway, and I like a drink or 8. A World Cup, 4 Christmas parties, the usual roast dinners including a ridiculously expensive one, a trip to … Continued

Could It Be Croydon Next?

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From Bracknell to Harrow and then Croydon? Why the hell am I even considering Croydon? Let’s back up a bit. I want my own place. Preferably I want to live in Marylebone. If not, then Hampstead. If not, then Hackney Wick. If not then Walthamstow. There’s a problem here. The average price for a flat in Marylebone is £1,551,010.The average price for a flat in Hampstead is £946,658.The average price for a flat in Hackney Wick is £489,164 (getting closer!).The average price for a flat in Walthamstow is £393,681. Oh yeah, and my budget is £250,000. This is worked out … Continued

James Went To Skopje

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I was at Luton Airport wondering why on earth I was catching the 9:40pm flight to Skopje. I needed a break from work, but why was I going to Skopje? Why didn’t I just stay in London and chill? Well, I wanted some warm sunshine, and Skopje I knew would be cheap – despite the collapsing pound. Plus I wanted to go to a new country – and I’d never been to North Macedonia (or maybe call it Macedonia…depending on who you want to upset). One of my goals for 2022 was to visit three new countries – and this … Continued

Why I’m Looking For A New Job.

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I’m looking for a new job. Firstly, isn’t the image cool? I’ve got access to Dall-E’s AI image generator, and this is what I received from “unhappy software engineers, pained by Gustav Klint, in a Marks And Spencer’s shop”. Yes, M&S has finally pissed me off sufficiently to hit the feared button on LinkedIn – the “open to new positions button”. Yes, an influx of recruiters has begun. What happened? Well, I’ll tell you what happened. I was merrily coding away on my Outfit Generator project – using the new tech stack, a project that was promised to me in … Continued

2022 Goals Update

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Well if it was a few degrees less hot right now, then I’d be going outside and enjoying the sunshine rather than writing a blog which about 3 people will read, but hey, I like writing and Lola is keeping me chilled right now. So I thought I’d have a quick look at how I’m doing with my goals for 2022. Goals I will/should achieve: Well I already achieved the being paid like a senior engineer goal by time I finished writing my goals. So that one is done. Roast to-do list should get to under 50 – I’m at … Continued

Am I Green?

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You might assume that I’m ambivalent to the environment – after all, I was a climate change skeptic until recent years, at least until Donald Trump helped to persuade me that there might be an issue after all. Most of the skeptic in me is that I don’t believe the doomsday crap about the world is going to end in 20 years or whatever the latest string of nonsense is coming out of environmental terrorist groups. And I certainly don’t believe that a warming planet means that we now need communism – environmental damage is not an excuse for the … Continued

James Went To Copenhagen

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Copenhagen. Or Copenhahahagen as I was soon to rename it. For some reason I’ve wanted to go to Copenhagen for a little while, but I couldn’t quite remember why. Maybe it was the pretty houses? Originally the plan I had in my head was to go to Copenhagen for a couple of days, then get the train to Sweden for a couple of days – maybe go to Gothenburg. But as time went on, it was proving difficult to find an Airbnb in either Copenhagen or Gothenburg – or any other Swedish city closer to Denmark. In fact, we couldn’t … Continued

Buying A Flat – My Red Lines

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Like Theresa May’s attempts at a Brexit deal, I thought I’d set out my red lines and demand what those selling houses and providing mortgages need to offer me What The Flat Needs: Basically, I want to be able to watch thunderstorms, wearing only my pants and whilst playing minimal techno at a half-decent volume. Granted, we never get decent thunderstorms in London. Affordability: At the moment I’m paying £600 a month rent. Yeah, I know, it’s crazy cheap, but I cannot play music 9-5 during the week or walk around in my pants, unless my housemate is away. She … Continued