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Right from where i ended my previous post. Right.

Despair came.

Maybe i deserve what is coming because i was already planning for my exit but now that there's no actual exit, i couldn't just up and leave. I started to hunt for jobs again.

...and it was actually a little nostalgic to what i felt about 3 years ago when i was jobless and sending resumes here and there. However, this time the response rate is considerably higher than i had back then. Perhaps it is because i am currently in the public sector or just better skills (Compared to back then when i can only claim to be good at data analysis, I am proficient in a sizable domain of IT, data analytics and visualization).

So from May to this point i have been to quite a good number of interviews, from other government sectors to banks, in roles of data analyst to cybersecurity analyst. No good hits yet but i keep trying.

I did decide to try for the teaching application again back in May. It was another 2 months of waiting for that...but i didn't just focus on that this round and decided to side-hunt for jobs.

That was May.

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June was the most trying month for me. The main reason is because the key player of the team went on an operation and had 2 months of medical leave. I was the designated cover. So the months when he was absent it was absolutely trying for me which pushed me real hard to just wanting to go.

Eh.

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