{"componentChunkName":"component---src-templates-blog-entry-js","path":"/blog/2007/08/08/yahoo.html","result":{"data":{"markdownRemark":{"html":"<div style=\"float: left;\">\n\t<a href=\"http://flickr.com/photos/niallkennedy/98179889/\">\n\t\t<img src=\"http://farm1.static.flickr.com/30/98179889_5c5d777e38_m.jpg\" alt=\"Yahoo! logo by niallkennedy\">\n\t</a>\n</div>\n<p>'Hang on a minute! I still haven't blogged about my new job!' I thought to myself about half an hour ago. Then I went and dug through <a href=\"http://flickr.com\">Flickr</a> for some suitable photos before checking and finding that, whoops, I had <a href=\"/blog/2007/05/12/london.html\">indeed mentioned it</a>, but only in passing, so now I'll go into a little more detail.</p>\n<p>My previous job was doing backend coding for Sophos' website, and it was getting a little dull so I was looking for a change. Several months of <a href=\"http://www.jobsite.co.uk/\">Jobsite</a> didn't turn up anything that encourage me to apply but I was tootling along with no desperate need to find something. Then <a href=\"http://www.wait-till-i.com/index.php\">Christian</a> approached me and I found myself in a rapid cycle of interviews before being offered a job in London.</p>\n<p>I compared the pros and cons and then did something I once swore I'd never so - I moved to London.</p>\n<p>It was possibly one of the best decisions of my life. I'm now working on (generally at least) more interesting projects and rather then the small team I was in at Sophos, I get to work with three dozen developers who are all really good people. As Christian said, <a href=\"http://www.wait-till-i.com/index.php?p=465\">\"It is great to have the right people working next to you\"</a>.</p>\n<ul class=\"imagelist\">\n  <li><a href=\"http://flickr.com/photos/dorward/543957891/\"><img src=\"http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1176/543957891_5158390a3f_m.jpg\" alt=\"Men playing with their balls by dorward\"></a></li>     \n  <li><a href=\"http://flickr.com/photos/redux/174684741/\"><img src=\"http://farm1.static.flickr.com/68/174684741_af58e1df09_m.jpg\" alt=\"isofarro excited by patrick h. lauke\"></a></li>\n  <li><a href=\"http://flickr.com/photos/thevoicewithin/524996052/\"><img alt=\"Cutie Pie by thevoicewithin\" src=\"http://farm1.static.flickr.com/233/524996052_dcece9ebb8_m.jpg\"></a></li>\n  <li><a href=\"http://flickr.com/photos/thevoicewithin/525079715/\"><img alt=\"A thoroughly clued-up and experienced web pro by thevoicewithin\" src=\"http://farm1.static.flickr.com/241/525079715_9284520b6b_m.jpg\"></a></li>\n  <li><a href=\"http://flickr.com/photos/sh1mmer/738836457/\"><img alt=\"Marco is smug by sh1mmer\" src=\"http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1168/738836457_eb60048958_m.jpg\"></a></li>\n  <li><a href=\"http://flickr.com/photos/thevoicewithin/706215117/\"><img alt=\"Tom is a happy hippy by thevoicewithin\" src=\"http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1203/706215117_bd28fb63c9_m.jpg\"></a></li>\n  <li><a href=\"http://flickr.com/photos/sh1mmer/538332042/\"><img alt=\"Tom Holds Cal's Balls by sh1mmer\" src=\"http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1437/538332042_84d42e4909_m.jpg\"></a></li>\n  <li><a href=\"http://flickr.com/photos/thevoicewithin/852364904/\"><img alt=\"Ben attempts to blend in with his surroundings by thevoicewithin\" src=\"http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1066/852364904_c18a4fa0bd_m.jpg\"></a></li>\n  <li><a href=\"http://flickr.com/photos/janbrasna/176345826/\"><img src=\"http://farm1.static.flickr.com/71/176345826_98ae01878e_m.jpg\" alt=\"Christian and Norm Dancing(?) by Jan Brasna\"></a></li>\n  <li>…and many others</li>\n</ul>\n<p>Despite the horror stories, the Tube is not all that bad, and it is certainly nice to be able to read a book or doze while I commute.</p>\n<p>The office, being located in the middle of the West End, is placed brilliantly for access to lots of cinemas, theatres and restaurants.</p>\n<p>House prices in Londin itself are rather on the nasty side, but I've found a very nice place in Tonbridge which has great transport links and is frightenly close to quite a few people I know.</p>\n                                                       \n<p>All in all: life is good.</p>\n<p><strong>Credits:</strong> All photographs (with the exception of the one I took) are used under Creative Commons licenses and link to their sources.</p>","frontmatter":{"slug":"yahoo.html","title":"Working for Yahoo!","url":"/blog/2007/08/08/yahoo.html","date":"08 August 2007"}}},"pageContext":{"url":"/blog/2007/08/08/yahoo.html"}},"staticQueryHashes":["2817829322","3649515864"]}