the grass is always greener on the other side
this week i was knocked out the RBA Snooker comp.. by the slimmest of margins.. or the most chokey of chokes. in a best of 3, i wont he first by 27.. then proceed to take the lead in the last two, before setting him up with a series of "almost int he hole but not quite in" shots. gah. and lost the 2nd and 3rd games by a total of about 17 (which isnt much, if u consider the black is worth 7, over 2 games). i think i woudlve felt bad for him if he lost, he was pretty unlucky that it was close, he seemed heaps serious, like snooker was his whole life and he was losing to some n00b who could barely play, but fluked heaps.

but i made it to the 3rd round in a comp where i was almost certain i woudlnt win a game at all =p in a recent rba snooker ranking, i was placed 4th i the bank out of 29 ranked players, roughly roughtly 25 places higher than i thought i would be =p

i cant remember what happened in the rest of the week.. mostly rain i think, but today they announced the plan at work for the disaster recovery site, more specifically how it was going to be staffed. there are 6 developer positions out there.. 2 of which i could possibly grab right now. and 4 more which would be a promotion for me.. and i think i have a good chance of taking due to the lack of java devlopers at head office who would be eligible (theres maybe a dozen, and most of those wont want to move out to Norwest). im seriously considering a move, what do u think i should do? .. heres a rundown..

:: travel
its at Norwest business park, which is like <20mins by Vespa. which is about an hour closer than martin place each way. thats 2 hrs of my life that cityrail wouldnt have each day. but i would have to rely on a vespa everyday, very literally rain, hail or shine. although a promotion would also come with the opportunity to lease a car on salary sacrifice.. another incentive to finally get my *cough*ahem* drivers licence *cough*.

:: money
well a promotion would be close to a $10k payrise.. but a move would also bring a $5k post tax lump sum of relocation compensation for ppl who have to move out there. that equates to a lot of difference in my bank at the end of the month.

:: career
well a promotion is generally good, but especially so in the RBA where u can only really get one if someone leaves and that never seems to happen. and even then you only get it if that person is like in your team and doing similar work.. else they tend to plug gaps with overpaid contractors =p i would need to change teams to a less desirable team (my current being the most desirable in terms of type of work done). with maybe good but maybe sucky co-workers. although no one really knows what developers are gonna do out there away from everyone.. im inclined to think a lot of bludging.

:: life
well id be in Norwest, who knows what id do all day. probly hang out at Towers like high school all over again. i would also be way less inclined to participate in CBD-based outings. although it might be cool as well since we'd maybe form like a click with the "Norwest Crew" or something.

hrm.. *thinking music*