don't mind me, just feeling sorry for myself again

[rone]

The dreadful situation at work combined with my crippled state have really done a number on my mood.  I had a job interview today, and i did my best to buck up and be positive, but then my prospective boss asked me what my passion was in systems administration, with the stated expectation that i should say something inane like "setting up VLANs on the switch" or "making backups" (not because he cared what i said, apparently, but because he wanted to see what i said and how i said it).  What made it worse was that i lost my passion for systems administration years ago, and i almost couldn't stand sitting there and baldly lying to his face.  And he clearly could tell something was off, because he kept trying to pin me down on an answer, and i kept tossing off vague and unsatisfactory replies.

My right thumb is hurting again, probably because i'm forced to use it more while my left hand is out of commission.  This sucks.

Comments

[hwrnmnbsol.livejournal.com]

The word 'passion' comes up with distressing regularity in job interviews. I have decided that anytime I am thrown a question regarding my 'passion' for something, I always challenge the use of that word and tell them that I feel it's misapplied, and I would rather use the term 'fervency'. This is a good thing because it inevitably leads to a drawn-out digression on whether any practical difference exists between the two words, and this takes up the majority of the interview's time, which otherwise would be spent fielding annoying questions which require a modicum of bald-faced lying. Also, it's hard to forget that candidate who took a half hour of your time arguing over synonyms with, well, fervency.

Good luck with all this.

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

"Passion is something i reserve for my wife."

Yeah, i like how you put this.