Today saw me leave my job that I kept me off the streets for the last eight years and 3 weeks.
I’ve left because a better opportunity has come along – one that will see me more involved in ground up software development using .NET.
What will I miss most? Easy: the good people. I’ve left behind a lot of good folks, I will miss many of them – tonight, I had a drink in the Caly Ale House with a few of them.
I won’t miss the excessive admin, overhead and bureaucracy (AOB) that wore me down and I won’t miss the people who put the AOB there. AOB is wrong and should be eradicated.
Anyway, I managed to leave with “zero” e-mails in my in-box and my three big tasks for the day complete. I would like to have performed more testing, but I have only the one pair of hands.
I’ll keep you posted re: new ventures.
Congratulations, Craig. I know the feeling, the weight lifted when you walk out that door.
Congratulations! When do you start the new job?
Good luck for the next adventure.
🙂
Essentially, I start the new work on Wednesday the 15th – so I was “unemployed” for one day…
AOB is an employee demotivator, keeping innovation and forward looking change at bay and a sign of a management more concerned with empire building above all else!
Good luck in the new job. At least there should be a short honeymoon period to make you feel better! Nice to see you are going back to the kind of things that truly inspire you to do well.
Best wishes
John
Good luck in the new job. Keep us posted.
yes, it was a sad day for us as well Craig when you left. Keep in touch.