I’m now three days into working for BSW in Earlston. It’s been grand so far – a very decent crowd involved down there. Work wise, it’s gonnae be good for my [rather meagre] unix skills – I’m already seeing stuff I used to know well come back to me as I see it all again….

Today, with great joy, I leave the SPSA to move to a real job. The SPSA was my first taste as it were of working in the public sector – I can’t even begin to tell you how bloody mind-numbing that experience was. Never have i had to endure such blatant incompetence, unprofessionalism and the…