Its been a busy six months, so busy in fact that I haven't been able to do a great deal outside of work. However that should all be about to change, after over a year of trying Allie and I are finally escaping from London. We are swapping the super crowded and stressful metropolis of London for the more laid back coastal lifestyle of Brighton.
For the past six months I have been contracting at T-Mobile working as part of a team developing widgets and applications for Mobile Phones (along with a bit of standard web). Its been a good contract but unfortunately its time to move on as I don't fancy a two hour journey to work. So I am currently on the search for new opportunities on the South Coast. Things seem to work at a nicer pace with less emphasis on pushy agencies (which is always good), and more direct contract with the employer. Big business appears to be few and far between, there is however a thriving agency/consultancy market which uses a combination of full time employees and draws from a pool of talented freelancers
Lucky for me there are a few good helpers in my new search for work, Wired Sussex seems to be the best place to look for work, while Planet BNM is the best place to keep up with the thriving freelance community.
As ready as I am to leave London there are certainly aspects of it I will miss, its somewhere that I think everyone should try out at least for a short while. The move is scheduled to happen in just under a month, so watch this space!
