switching gears, or how i accidentally stumbled my way into the fray of a management job contest š
As I alluded to in a previous rant, I have the unnatural talent of allowing myself into slumping. By this I mean I can be quite content in the art of settling. Iām coming up to the two-year mark at big red bank, and until very recently I was reaching a similar position I was in this time last year: complacency.
In my last monthās career conversation my manager hit the nail on the head; I am happy to silently pay my dues, get on with the work and take no recognition for it. I hit >90% of my performance indicators, I cause little to no drama and I donāt like to draw any attention to myself. She continued that she fears I will become bored in my role, so she offered I become an SME in a new focus for the bank: digital opportunities, in order to give me something new to do. Alongside this she suggested I keep an open mind about āprogressionā, to which I agreed. Later that day I applied for a manager job. Not even four days later Iām told I have a preliminary interview on Monday.
I donāt necessarily think Iāll even pass the prelim stage, hell Iām surprised my written in thirty minutes oh Dog I sent it before even proof-reading it cover letter even got me this far; but so far my Saturday has been spent swatting up on policies and procedures a manager undertakes ready for a roleplay and a presentation. Oh boy.
so what else is new?
I bought myself a Ducky One keyboard, partly because I quite fancy taking up writing (be it notes, blogs, reviews, stories Iāll never publish) and the Ducky is renowned for being a delight to type onāwhich it isābut also because CLACK CLACK. The sound of a fully mechanical, cherry switched keyboard is just downrightā¦ pleasurable to type on (see attached YouTube video for evidence).
CLACK CLACK
After a few months of owning a PS4 and a PS Vita Iāve established a fairly healthy amount of games to play through. I recently completed played through Uncharted 4, Until Dawn, Ratchet and Clank, Rogue Warrior, Hyper Light Drifter, NBA 2k16 and The Last of Us, thanks to PlayStation Plus however, the list doesnāt go down at any scary speed. I still have Dragon Age, Uncharted: Golden Abyss, Gravity Falls, Life is Strange and Persona 4 to chug through, I might even hit this shit up with some notes or a review about them. All the while Iām mid-Gold on League of Legends, though with the shake up in the ranked queue system I really donāt know if I can get carried to Platinum again like last season, but yāknow.
so whatās the plan?
Lawyer up, hit the gym, delete Facebook. Seriously though I have no idea, voice in my head, I can see myself going in a few different directions and to be honest I kind of like the idea of all of them. Hopefully I learn enough from failing my assessment on Monday to get a shoe onto the ladder, if not: I have things lined up still, Iām happy enough where I am, albeit I would love to move out (big up the rental market); but that takes money. Money I keep spending on Ducky keyboards and every games console going. Adulting is easy, right?
And oh yeah, PokƩmon Go is a thing.