Originally Posted by Hutch (Post 7765594)

Have an interview tommorow at 11:00am. Make or break sort of a deal. Scooby Snacks if you're out of karma.

Originally Posted by Seasider (Post 7766392)

Break a leg, Hutch. Are you coming to the big bad city? :)

Originally Posted by gedge (Post 7766614)

My karma message committed before it was written, in case you were wondering.
Hope it's a done deal.

Originally Posted by Hutch (Post 7767046)

Thanks for all the karma guys - just got back from Sydney. Interview went well. Eight other people in the frame who they're interviewing this week and they've said I'll hear next Monday. So fingers crossed.



Yes mate - there and back again. Quite useful actually since it was the actual commute done at rush hour - two hours door to door. Have done some sums though and if I am lucky enough to land the job it'd cost me about $12,250 per year in petrol alone - so instead I'd drive to somewhere like Dapto or Waterfall and get one of the express trains in. Reduces the costs to $3000 a year!


lol - cheers mate. Outcome unknown at this stage, but fingers crossed. :fingerscrossed:

Originally Posted by coolerkingcooler (Post 7768029)

Best of luck Hutch, sounds like a fair bit of traveling but where you live does look beautiful.

How long would the commute be if you drove and got the train?

Cooler

Originally Posted by Hutch (Post 7768201)

I'm not bothered so much about the time as the cost. :D I've been doing my sums on this and the bottom line is it's always going to be quicker to drive. If I drove every day it would take 2 hours each way and, assuming I was in the office every day, would cost $12,245 in petrol alone.

Driving roughly half way and then getting the train drops the petrol to $6750, 180 day season ticket is $1200. Getting the train most of the way costs about $1300 a year in petrol and $1500 season ticket. So it's pretty obvious it'd have to be the train. Adds about half an hour to travel time, but the cost savings are huge.