Simon Callan

I've got this offer for a 4 month contract in Florence, Italy. I think I'm going to turn it down, but I'm incredibly conflicted about it.
Pluses
It's experience abroad.
I'd be working on stuff that I mostly understand.
Expenses would be paid by them, unlike my current job.
Minuses
I would be abroad for 4 months. I'm not good away from my routine. This current job is bad enough for me.
This is happening too fast. The job would start in two and a half weeks, and I need time to get myself sorted out.
The pay would be less than I getting in the current contract.
I'm not sure how this would affect my OU stuff - the tutorials would definitely be an issue, as my tutor is very unlikely to phone abroad.
interesting
I would be in Florence for several months.

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What do I do?
I think the major thing is the speed at which it's happening. If I had a month or two to sort myself (my mind) out, I think I'd jump at it.

Maybe ...

Maybe I could delay things a bit. If I tell them that I have things I need to do over the next couple of months that would prevent me taking the offer immediately, but that I would be available from the start of August.
This would give me time to sort myself out, while still earning money as I could extend my contract with Praxis/Ultra till the end of July.

I think that this is my least bad option. If CommProve won't accept this, I think the pluses of the job are such that I won't be that bothered.

Comments anyone? I have to make this decision by 7AM tomorrow.

It's going all wibbly again.

1) I'm scheduled to re-new my contract in the next couple of days, for another 2 months.
2) A company called CommProve are looking at a 6 month contract in Fleet and Florence. An ex-Anite person (one of two Anurags) there has strongly recommended me.
3) A company called AirCom International are looking for a phone interview on Wednesday.
4) I haven't heard from Tridium since the interview. That looks like a no.

Currently, I'm thinking of taking option 2, but I'll have to think about it. If I do take it, mum will want to visit me out there.

Interesting. Just got an approach from job agency for a telecoms company. Apparently someone the company knows me and recommends me highly. I wonder who it is?

It appears that I am not moving to Stevenage / Cambridge in the next few days. Over the weekend, the people at Astrium had another thought, and decided that they needed solid UML for the tight deadline project that they are working on.
As such, they have decided not to give me a job.
If they need UML that much, I can sort of agree with them, as UML is not one of my strong points, but I'm egotistical enough to think that I could get up to speed on it within their deadlines.

Off to inverview. Hope it all goes well.

It's amazing how hard it is to reply to job agency emails, until you actually get around to doing so, when it becomes piss easy. :)