Busier than usual day at work, little time to even look at job postings.
Taught my replacement how to merge in Subversion -- most of my merges are release tags to trunk, a relatively trivial exercise. Today we merged our last release tag to a branch that is several (maintenance) releases old. Provided somewhat of a challenge. Even messed up while trying to show my replacement how to get out of trouble.
The good news is that with Subversion, you can blow away your local (working) copy and try again. With Harvest, you would have to release your locks without updating. Not difficult once you get practice, but the first couple of times will have you sweating a little.
Some view version control / configuration management as a rather mystic art or a bother. Those who did well in set theory shouldn't have too much trouble.
Also, the person who blew me off earlier called me back, and left a message, which I haven't checked. Understanding why the conversation was sidetracked then will help me decide how to proceed.
1) He was telling the truth and needed to check the status of the listing -- but why didn't he call me right back?
2) He had to go to a meeting or was otherwise sidetracked -- understandable. But what firm or person (who usually bill their client double what they pay their body) places more value on a meeting than on a potential placement?
3) He had somewhere else to go -- well gee, so do I.
4) He changed his mind about my usefulness.
For now, the exchange still has a bad taste, and not sure how acting like nothing happened will affect my status. Just know there's no sense in desperation until closing time...
Applied for 1 job at my company.
Applied for 4 jobs on Careerbuilder.
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