So I have been in London since Late October am currently on my second short term contract here, Let me say Christmas was not a good time to be looking for work but once January rolled around things seemed to pick up reasonably quickly and I got my current role within the first two weeks of the year.

I am working on the service desk for a company which provides IT to a number of charities here in the UK so it feels nice to be giving at least a little something back to the country that is hosting me for my European escapades (even if they are paying me rather well for that help). It has been an interesting change moving back in to the service desk and while I am dealing with a lot simpler tasks them some of the stuff I am used to mostly I have learned a few bits and pieces as well ( I hadn’t worked professionally with Citrix up till now for example) and it is always nice to deal directly with the users a bit more than I had been. I certainly plan to do my best to get my grubby paws on whatever tech they will let my touch and work with.

It was slightly disheartening when I first got here to find I was unlikely to get the more technical work due to my Tier 5 Working Holiday status although I can understand why companies would not want to hire a Senior 2nd/Junior 3rd Line Support tech, train them up on the more serious systems then have them forced to leave in 2012.

All in all I am enjoying myself in London even if I am being a tad frugal to save money for more travel.