Attending the 4th Solid Symposium
Another year, another symposium! This year, it's held in London, England. I'll be around from April 29th to May 2nd.
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This year, I am very much looking forward to attending the Symposium, given my revived enthusiasm for Solid. Also, I'll get to meet some people I've never met in person before, like Angelo and Jeff. As well as meeting with others I've already met. Even Tim will be there!
This time, I'm not giving any talks, though. But I've been part of the Programme Committee, so I've been eyeing the talks coming through. I'll also join the second day of the Solid Hackathon, and I'll be sure to show up for the drinks on the 29th at the Mikkeller Brewpub. All in all, it should be a fun couple of days!
However, this turned out to coincide with the start of my job hunt, because I am once again looking for a job. You would think it's a good thing to attend a tech conference whilst looking for a job... But I haven't had much success finding a job related to Solid in the past, and I don't have any reason to believe that it'll be different this time.
The truth is that, when it comes to my career, I haven't been in the best place for the last couple of years. I'm starting to believe that leaving Moodle was a mistake 😅. But the reality is that I wasn't completely happy there either, as I explained in that blog post. So I suppose I'll have to continue struggling 🤷. To be fair, it took me almost 2 years (and 3 applications) to get a job at Moodle. Maybe I just haven't been patient enough, and certainly I haven't dedicated as much time to job seeking as I should have. I'm fortunate enough to have savings that will last me a few months, so this time I'll try to enjoy the downtime, and hopefully my next job will be more rewarding.