I went into London today for the first time in over 3 months. I’m surprised it’s been that long but time flies when you’re changing nappies. I went in for a job interview for a contract position as I’ve decided that’s what I’ll try next. I’ve been worrying all weekend that my skills aren’t up to it because although I’m a seasoned developer, I’ve become so disillusioned with it all that I haven’t really been keeping up to date.

By day, you see, I masquerade as a Lotus Notes developer. This normally causes sniggering in the back because we’re not perceived as proper developers at all which is harsh and more than a little unfair. It’s also, on some levels, quite justified. Over the last few releases, the platform has considerably improved it’s capability to deliver browser based content and, although there aren’t many out there, there are blogs built using Lotus Notes. There are even wiki templates, applications using AJAX and all these other clever things that can be done in Notes.

My contribution? Zilch.

This is the software I’ve been developing for ten years and I haven’t even bothered to find out how to create an RSS feed with the data I’m storing. Until lately that is.

However, if my career as a contract developer takes off and if I can wangle some consultancy roles too then I may start up another blog, written in Notes (provided I can find a host) and using the domain name I bought years ago that is my equivalent of Gordon’s domain.

I’m expecting a call from the agency any minute now.