The North-East
Newcastle, to be precise. That's where I'll be living from very soon and for the foreseeable future. You see, I have just been offered, and accepted a job with
Proctor & Gamble (they make Ariel, Duracell batteries, Fairy liquid
amongst other things) at their technical centre in Long Benton,
Newcastle.
Some background. I was invited to interview by P & G to Italy in
January. I went and was subsequently offered the job. Unfortunately,
it wasn't for me so I said no, even though it was just south of Rome.
Anyway, they rang me up this week, got me up to Newkie for a chat on
Wednesday and offered me the job by Friday. This job is quite a bit
different and far more exciting, and as such something I was very excited to have the chance to do.
The downsides are two-fold, one, its not in Cambridge or nearby, which
means I'll still be spending many weekends travelling. But at least it
takes no longer than Oxford - Cambridge (really) and also I'll be able
to afford the travelling! Two, I start asap (no actual date yet set
tho) and haven't finished my thesis. It means it'll be very hard work
firstly, something I'm sure we all know I've never really done when it
comes to academia, but as somebody quite the opposite once said,
although these three months will be awful, it will all be worth it
when you come out the other side. Excellent advice.
Here's to hoping all goes well....
Godfather.
Proctor & Gamble (they make Ariel, Duracell batteries, Fairy liquid
amongst other things) at their technical centre in Long Benton,
Newcastle.
Some background. I was invited to interview by P & G to Italy in
January. I went and was subsequently offered the job. Unfortunately,
it wasn't for me so I said no, even though it was just south of Rome.
Anyway, they rang me up this week, got me up to Newkie for a chat on
Wednesday and offered me the job by Friday. This job is quite a bit
different and far more exciting, and as such something I was very excited to have the chance to do.
The downsides are two-fold, one, its not in Cambridge or nearby, which
means I'll still be spending many weekends travelling. But at least it
takes no longer than Oxford - Cambridge (really) and also I'll be able
to afford the travelling! Two, I start asap (no actual date yet set
tho) and haven't finished my thesis. It means it'll be very hard work
firstly, something I'm sure we all know I've never really done when it
comes to academia, but as somebody quite the opposite once said,
although these three months will be awful, it will all be worth it
when you come out the other side. Excellent advice.
Here's to hoping all goes well....
Godfather.
So: you were up around Durham and you didn't ask me and Blondie out to the Swan - Poor show!!!!111!!!
Posted by
Kiran |
3:01 AM
Well, I got a train to newkie at 7.30, arrived at 12.30, interviewed 2-4 and on a train again at 4.40!
When I'm up there working tho, the swan it will have to be :D
Posted by
Luciano Howard |
11:26 AM