November 28, 2003
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Well it would appear that it is my last day in Paderborn. It seems likely that my contract will not be renewed next Friday. It's been great working on this project and I have learned a lot. I t appears that I have also made a significant contribution which agains appears to have been well received. Most of the people I've worked with have been people I would forward to working with again. The others, unfortuanately, I have had little contact with and no chance to get to know them. My German colleagues have been great and made me very welcome and at home. My attempts to learn German have been praised despite my success being limited in the main due to their good English. I do hope I have the chance to work in Germany again and I hope I am as well received wherever I go next.
If my contract is not renewed then I shall take a break before Christams and try to get to work on my websites. I keep promising to do more work on them but seem to make little progress. This time, however, I have some assistance and hope that I will make more progress. Watch this space for news of my efforts.
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I now work as an IT contractor usually in project management or project coordinator roles. I used to work as a social planner doing community development work on engineering projects in the developing world. This last job was a little different in that I was trying to get a call centre back on track and then develop their reporting for them. Genrally I need to be willing to travel to where the work is. Having said that I do need to be paid enough to cover the travel costs. This time the client picked up all the travel costs which is a better solution for me.
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