I did it - actually resigned today.
Finish up with the Ministry and College on 31 January.
The Te Rito team are fantastic but for me it is time to change. As one person there said to me today: "If you want to get something done do not think like a government agency." Another was surprised I'd lasted as long as I have.
So on 1 February I will start 2 days a week with Logan Park High School in Dunedin managing and redesigning their network working mostly remotely. I was a student there in 1975-77 when it first opened. According to an email from Google I am now an "owner" of the school. That is a whole other story. What goes around comes around.
I have been offered another full time job today - it is driving armoured cars around Central Otago delivering cash to/from banks, automatic teller machines and other businesses. Based in Queenstown. I said yes. But I might change my mind. Oddly I might need to resit my firearms license. Yes I have one but it is a wee bit expired.
Note: I have to say XXXXXXXXXX below as we are specifically not allowed to say what we do or who we work for.
Yesterday XXXXXXXXXX got back to me about a job as a XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX at XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX. They want me to go to XXXXXXXXXX for a five hour assessment interview on Monday morning. I said yes to that too and if I get offered the XXXXXXX job I will take it and not the driving job as that is only three days a week. They wanted to see my passport - but that expired in 1998. So now I have to find a birth certificate that was issued after 1998. Apparently ones issued before then are not valid. I had to do a couple of hours of on-line testing with them so they are only taking serious contenders to the next stage. There are three positions going - either working Thu/Fri/Sat, Fri/Sat/Sun or Sat/Sun/Mon. Starts could be as early as 6am; finishes could be as late as 10pm.
And of course there is always https://security.subalpine.nz - I have that website completed now and I am actively looking for work.
I have told school I want to keep my email address indefinitely. I have so much detail buried in there that is all Google-searchable and I do not want to lose all that! Most of it is work-related details but it is just too much to give up.
Definitely feeling better already.