I finished work today. I’ve had 13 weeks at Stickyeyes, which has been full of ups and downs (but mostly ups) and I have to say it’s been a fantastic experience. I finished today - completed all my projects, am happy with the standard of (a lot of!) my code (if any of my co-workers are reading this I’ll probably be laughed at right now…) and have tied up a lot of loose ends in stuff I did when I started. The day was interspersed quite nicely with a liquid lunch… which probably put a bit of a healthy buzz around the rest of it!

I’m looking forward to being able to work on my own code again. Working has given me a bit of an appreciation for programming in .NET, I’ve got a lot of PHP I’d still like to learn, and it’s on the cards to start picking up Ruby On Rails fairly soon. Fitting so many languages around learning new ones at university will be a challenge, but hopefully I’ll have a little more time to fit personal projects around university than I have around full-time work. The only things I’ve really had time to do are to get my own VPS (loving being with Slicehost) and setup a landing page for Spen Valley Securities - but I’ve got a list a mile long of things I’d like to do… bits of code, proof-of-concepts, sorting out all my photos, etc.

I’ve got a week off before I start university. I head to Trevelyan College at Durham University a week tomorrow, and barring the inevitable drinking/meeting people/getting lost that will take place, the lectures (and fun, hopefully) will start the week after. According to various colleagues at work it’s possible to have a great time and get a first - although strangely no-one seems to be able to offer up any examples of people who’ve done it!

I’m going to find some time to blog this week in between packing and tying up the loose ends - but I’m a week away from a fairly major change, so if I’m ever going to blog now will be the time.

Tags: university, work

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