I posted this about a month ago. Then i realised my boss probably wanted to keep it quiet, so that they could spin the news towards the customer. I removed the post, just in case. Well, he cat is out of the box now.
The dice are thrown, it’s done: i’ve handed in my resignation today (last month). I’m leaving the motherly breast of corporate employment. To spread my wings, but that might be one metaphor too many in this paragraph.
You’ll notice that i was a bit euphoric there – that has subsided somewhat.
I’ve felt for some months that this was the way to go. But being an adventurer of the cautious kind, i needed to read up on the subject, mull it over, consider it from all angles. And generally, to get used to the whole idea.
In a way it’s a promotion. I mean, i go from Senior I Consultant to Generalissimo of my own career.
In the long run the idea is to take some time out here and there to work out projects. I have a potential partner in crime, who for practical reasons couldn’t make the jump right now – but it might work out later.
So hrrrrrum <salespitch>
If you need a Ruby/Rails freelancer, i’m your woman. I’m also Java-enabled (and have done C and C++). I’ve worked on several OSes, flavours of Unix, Linux, and of course Windows. I’ve mostly worked on enterprise applications, but also some more arcane things, like porting C code between Unixes, or porting a framework from mainframe to Unix. I have a Master in AI, so i’m also familiar with machine learning techniques.
</salespitch> (cough)
I’ve got my first contract, and i’m lucky – a Rails project, and an interesting one.
Anyway, so a small step for mankind, but a big step for me. Exciting. Still exciting.
I had to go through 2 exit interviews in the meantime, which was less exciting. One of them was with the CEO. I realised during the interview that his briefing included 2 things:
- my name
- that CSC was sorry to see me go and that i could come back
but absolutely nothing else – the man had no idea who i was or what i was doing.
But i must say everyone’s been rather cool, overall.
I don’t exactly remember which comment I posted last month but it probably said something like “congratulations and good luck with your new adventure!”
And I understand your feelings about those exit interviews, I just moved companies half a year ago and had a similar experience, but I have no regrets, love my new job
Thank you (again) Ghosty
Hope my experience will be as positive as yours.
Let’s paraphrase John Cleese on this, to tell the tale of explaining what your boss *should* have been thinking:
“She has ceased to be, bereft of life, she rests in peace, she has kicked the bucket, hopped the twig, bit the dust, snuffed it, breathed his last, and gone to meet the Great Head of Light Entertainment in the sky, and I guess that we’re all thinking how sad it is that a woman of such talent, such capability and kindness, of such intelligence should now be so suddenly spirited away at the age of only , before she’d achieved many of the things of which she was capable, and before she’d had enough fun.”
Welcome to the club
You’ll love your new boss!
Thank you Serge, nicely put