Been a little while.
Head down chasing skills for an interesting position that hopefully once I cross all the T's and dot all the I's I will get the position. Nervous and scared as the background checks found inconsistent data. Nothing like having former employers and data brokers with information that is confusing or missing the context which in my case was the fact that one company was spun out then re-acquired by the original company. So the data is just a mess as the original company has now been acquired which puts the whole thing in some more weirdness. It's one of those things where I have little control over but can try to provide explanations of the history. So I wait and hope my fate isn't screwed by this process. I understand that trust of a new employee is supercritical and fear is more of a guide post today especially in regards to hiring the wrong person. I work hard to present myself as honest and truthful to the best of my ability and yet keeping that part of the bargain on the part of others especially for faceless corporations seems difficult. I am pretty sure it isn't even honesty or trust in regards to my issues, just indifference to whether the data is correct or how it will impact someone like myself in their search.
Some days I feel are especially hard but I am grateful as a few friends have reached out and given me help and encouragement. Hopefully when I am in a better place I can return the favor to others in a similar spot as I am today.
Continuing to follow up on my personal training (refresh python and kubernetes skills), doing Leetcode and waiting for the finalization of the severance. At least I was able to sign-up for COBRA to fill in the gap in health coverage but that is only for a few months before it becomes too expensive.
