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For the past month I have been working for a company called Pulse8 in Totnes as a Web Developer and Linux Sysadmin.

It was kind of a surprise for me getting the job, they emailed me saying they wanted a chat with me. As my parents were using the cars for work I had to go to Totnes by motorbike, I tried to look presentable (not an easy thing after travelling by bike). I guess it worked because later that day they offered me a job, one of their people was leaving at the end of that week so they wanted me there immediately.

It is refreshing and motivating to have a good job again (yay, no horrid data entry temping), I look forward to days now (apart from the early waking up). It was difficult for me being unemployed, after a while it is disheartening when no one contacts you. Which makes it even more difficult to perform well in an interview, especially if like me you didn’t have much self confidence to begin with.

I like being around other techies, they make life much more interesting. There are 3 people in the “techie pod” me, Stu (he was there already) and another new employee Marc, who started a few days after me.

Having designers around to make the sites look good is really great. I never thought it would make a difference but it is motivating to see the code turning into the shiny designs they mock up in Photoshop. Hopefully some of the artistic talents of the design people will rub off on me and maybe then I’ll redesign this site to look like more than just boxes.