I had a nice surprise yesterday. As you know, I was recently "laid off".
I was called into a meeting yesterday afternoon. The manager that took the decision not to keep me on, has since left (

)- and the powers that be have decided they need someone to fill the gap

As such, I have been made an offer for a permanent, full time technical management role in the NHS IT Development Team.
We've discussed terms, and I've managed to negotiate what is by comparison a very attractive package.
It will be a very hands on role, looking after a bunch of web developers, and leading the organisation through some pretty big changes in the way we deliver web based information. I will also be the "buck stop" for a group of servers, ISP arrangements, web security etc... but ultimately the role will be whatever I make it.
Next week I will be mostly off - with a start date for my new role of Tuesday 1st July 08.

Looks like I might enjoy the lakes meet afterall
