For starters worked at home today and it wasn't all that hectic. I did have an interview this afternoon and below is an excerpt of how I was feeling afterwards that I posted on my fb notes page.
"Ever seen me nervous? Trust me you obviously don't its a terrible sight and what pretty much happen for the first 15-30 minutes of my one hour interview. I've never seen myself triple question my thoughts, go silent for periods at a time attempting to formulate answers and on top of that I don't remembering saying ah or um...At least I nailed the first handful of SQL questions..I think. In all seriousness though the only time I've seen myself that nervous is when I'm thinking (keyword here 'thinking') about asking someone I'm deeply interested in out...Either that or when I climb up water slides but that's more fear than nervous.
In regards to the title though I was prepared for it so wasn't caught off guard...but some of the stuff like 'have you ever encounter an issue with a boss or co-worker' or 'when given a set of possible solutions and given the best one how do present it'...it all felt like it came from Interviewing101...something I knew 2-3 years ago but definitely not now. I spent so much time worrying about my knowledge in SQL in being immersed in it that I forgot the basics of an interview...luckily it was over the phone though...god forbid if it was in person.
I'm honestly not expecting a follow-up in anyway shape or form cause every time they sound interested and telling you all about the position that you'll probably never get a glove on your just left feeling, empty. Have to admit though the fiber optic x-mas tree that my dad set-up is making me cheer up a good bit.
Any who won't dwell on it there's always better things in life, and things to be learned...just some lessons learned are bigger than others...some people drink during downs, I myself prefer delightful digital debauchery.
La ta."
In short I was feeling pretty awful about the whole interview process and raging a good bit around the house and trying everything in my power to reduce the rage. I must admit some of it was physically exert but at a much lower capacity so I'm grateful to myself restraint for that. Approximately 1 hour after I finished the interview I got a call from my recruiter telling me the interview went well and there looking to do a second interview/lunch.
Sort of have mixed feeling about this because on one hand I'm really glad that they found me interesting while on the other hand I find it frustrating that they thought that my performance was 'good', 'acceptable', 'qualifier' I dunno. It could be that I set my bar for myself silly high and never able to leap over it, but I have a separate post for that...found out something interesting about an actually classification relating to some of the games I play.
After the whole interview silliness concluded my workday had a light dinner and spent the rest of the watching tv, playing Super Meat Boy, and Heroes of Newerth...pretty relaxing day if I have to say so myself. This seems a bit condensed so I'm gonna go ahead and hit that gaming interesting thing i found out today.
So for those that don't know I'm a strong advocate of game that actually teach you through trail and error along with being difficult leaving little room for error. There's actually a name for this genre called 'Masocore' or as defined by the internet (specifically Giantbomb.com)
"Through trial and error gameplay, complex game mechanics and intense difficulty, masocore games are specifically designed to frustrate players over and over again...Masocore (a portmanteau of "masochism" and "hardcore") is a video game sub-genre specifically designed to frustrate players by combining complex game mechanics with intense, seemingly impossible difficulty, in special "trial and error" scenarios."
This probably contributes why I don't enjoy a lot of games unless its on Hard/Difficult setting. Not to mention seeing how I enjoyed "VVVVVV", "Super Meat Boy", "Cave Story Hell" amongst other titles this is no surprised. Supposedly there's one called "N+" but that requires a system I don't own so don't see myself picking that up anytime soon. However now that I do know what it is I'll be looking for more titles of this genre (such as Mighty Jill Off {thank you super Meat Boy}, I want to be the guy two {I avoid this game like the plague but I'm actually gonna sit down and give it ago...on the second screen after 12 deaths....good start} and some others i can't think of atm...oh ya Super Kaizo Brothers) as I believe they'll keep me interested longer than...most titles where I go 'oh...this was hard...but I finished it in 12 hours and well lacking'.
That's about it for now need to head off to bed get some rest and be ready for the eve of x-mas...nite all.
P.S: To clarify any confusion from this post relating to the "masocore" this does not mean I'm a "masochist". By using that prefix logic that would be assuming that all 'homo sapiens" are "homoncul..." I mean "homosexuals" which is definitely not the case.
Anywho nite again!
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