Category: itsybitse chronicles

I wanted to do some reflections about my first assignment at Skandia. I had initially signed on for a 4 month contract, which got extended for a year in 2023 for a total of 16 months within the company. I had initially taken up the project with the primary goal of forcing myself to use… Continue reading First assignment contract completed →

My contract with my current customer is ending in December, so I've now started slowly searching for new contracts or at least building new networks for getting new contracts next year. I noticed that more and more staffing companies are using an automated platform for getting references and I'm not sure how I feel about… Continue reading Automating references, yay or nay? →

My original contract was set to expire in December, basically your typical initial 4 month contract. I got feedback today that the customer was satisfied with my contributions and have decided to extend my contract by a year. It's a great work environment. The company has been practicing the Scaled Agile Framework for a while… Continue reading Contract Extension →

I started working in September and after working for a month, I invoiced the customer. Since my customer is the consultant broker, their payment terms are plus 5 days that of the end customer who has 30 days. Something to note if one is thinking of switching to running your own, you'll need to have… Continue reading First paycheck milestone, check! →

One month at ItsyBit AB I made it through the first month of my first assignment on my own and feeling really good about it. I'll be honest, it wasn't always the case, especially two days into the job. This year, I got my Swedish citizenship after living in Sweden for 5 years. In my… Continue reading Celebrating my first month! →

Earlier in my career, I always aimed to work at the big MNCs because of the prestige that came with it. After 10 years of working in Singapore, having 3 children along the way, my family and I decided to move to my husband's home town in Sweden. When I joined the workforce here, I… Continue reading Starting Up →