So I’m trying to make a lot of changes in my life right now.
The biggest one is, after 11.5 years working for the same company, yesterday I turned in my three weeks notice. I gave them an extra week for various reasons, including the fact that nobody in the company knows how to do my job except for me so training my replacement will be… fun.
I’m starting a new job with an old co-worker on February 13th. The last time I started a new job was August 20th, 2000.
I love my company, I wouldn’t stay here and through all the BS I’ve been through here if I didn’t. I’ve watched this company grow from a dozen people when I started to an industry leader with almost 70 employees now.
There’s still one other person who’s been here longer than me. He’s the guy who interviewed me, recommended I get hired and, well, he’s a friend.
I’m scared, and nervous, but really excited about the new job.
I hate (and love, a little bit) the way the few people who know so far look at me now. I feel like a traitor, and yet I feel very strongly this was the right thing for me to do. Because I’ve been stuck in a rut for like, 8 years I’d say. Even though things have gotten so much better for me the last year here at work I feel like, if I don’t change now, I may never get out. I may be 60 someday still working here doing the same job. And honestly, that wouldn’t be the worst thing. I do like it here, I like my co-workers and i like the work. But at the same time, this is all I’ve known, since my mid-20’s. This is the only professional job I’ve ever had. I’ve done call centers and such before I got this job, but this is the first career job I’ve had. And something in me is saying “don’t let it be the only one.
So here I’ll document the change, for one thing. And the other changes I’m making in my life.