I've finally landed a job! In fact I started about a month ago but have not found the time to update my blog. I'm not a java developer now but a consultant with one of the major international consulting companies (try to guess which one, I think you'll be pleasantly surprised :o)). What do I consult on? Anything and everything to do with IT, but mostly IT security in many of its forms, from penetration testing to application testing to system hardening to system design and so on. Since I've started I've done a report on the security of a system for a utilities company, contributed to a best practises document about hardening Websphere and done various other bits and bobs which I'm not going to comment on at the moment (cause they're boring :o)).
What else have I been doing? I've rejoined the Simon Community as a volunteer on their soup run, giving nice soup and sandwiches to the homeless around Dublin. Its an interesting diversion from the rest of my life. Aside from that I'm learning holiday Japanese in preparation for my trip to Japan in September with a few of the lads from college to visit a friend (jesus @ rb) who's working over there. Like any nerd I've always been interested in Japan (manga, nintendo, sony, all that ;o)) so am really looking forward to seeing Japan!
That's pretty much what's happening with me these days. I'll try to post more often on aspects relating to my job or to vent my various crazy opinions on subjects such as the debate on open sourcing Java.
I'm also going to find some way to stop my blog comments being spammed.. or at least check my blog regularly enough so that when they do appear I delete them asap. Grrr.. spammers...
Posted by Cokane at August 5, 2004 10:14 PM