Saying Goodbye to an Old Friend
Today is my last day on the job for a company that I’ve been with for 7 years. I essentially “grew up” with them in the professional sense, since my previous jobs were not really corporate/IT related jobs. Seven years of mostly laughs and great times, with a great boss to boot. I realize how fortunate I am to have that, as I’m sure many others out there would trade with me in a second.
That’s what makes this hard…great boss, good company, good coworkers, but it’s just not what I want to do anymore. There’s little true “network” work to be done, outside of setting up new offices one or two times per year. I did however learn a ton while working there since we were always a one or two man shop. Exchange, AD, Storage, VMWare, LAN/WAN design, security, etc. You name it, I’ve most likely done in it in some fashion. This job has been great for my career while I was there, but it’s time to move on.
I will be starting on Monday at a Cisco Gold Partner with a fairly large footprint. I hope to get to work with mostly voice and R&S, but I’m not really sure what to expect at the moment. I know that it will be a great change for my career, but it’s always a little unnerving leaving a safe and stable job for something new. Nothing ventured, nothing gained I suppose.
I’ve merged my two blogs here, as I’ve realized I don’t really enjoy writing out technical posts like others do. There are a ton of great sites out there for purely technical content, so I’ve given up on that. Packet Racket will of course still contain some technical content, but nothing like “Everything you wanted to know about protocol X, but were afraid to ask.” I’ll be keeping track of my new adventures here, as well as writing about some of the technical challenges and projects I am working on.
So here’s to a new chapter for me in life. It’s always tough saying good bye to an old friend, but sometimes you just have to change it up a bit.
