Grumpy cow post

Argh, feeling frustrated today. About career generally. Am pretty tired too after massive weekend and not sleeping so well last night. Today is officially the first appearance of "Grumpy Jaimee" for 2008.

I know, I know. 2008 is gonna be great, right?!

Well yeah. Blah blah blah. Would have slapped someone down if they told me that this morning after missing a couple of trains due to overcrowding/fog/pushy people, losing my oyster card, my staff card (think I left them in Malta) and tearing a big hole in my tights (which I HATE wearing because they make my legs itchy).
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(Warning, self indulgent rant here - all prospective employers stop reading now...)

Problem with my career is that I'm never the expert in what I'm talking about.


I have a set of skills - a trade I guess you could say - and then I've got to apply those skills to lots to different subjects.


For example, right now, I'm using my skills to help communicate about Field X. There is sooooo much I don't know about Field X even after working in present job for almost 18 months.

I have never been "Field X" worker like most of my colleagues. And come end of March when my current contract ends, there's a big chance I won't work in Field X again. Guess that's just the way it is when you're a contractor and you have my set of skills.

So logic would have it that I should focus on improving my skills set so I can continue to apply them to different subjects.


Like, maybe I should really give it more than just two hoots about them and really invest in joining a professional body/institute and networking and further learning blah blah blah...


But for how many years have I been going on and on and on about how I'm just not in to what I'm doing?


Just needed to get that off my chest.