End of an age
Last day at the old place today, also first day at new place. Actually pretty excited. Lots of my co workers were emotional over my leaving. It’s ok, its not like I’m dead, I’m just not in the building anymore. I’ll still see them all. Still, it was gratifying to see that people actually cared.
Yep.
I look forward to hearing how the new job is going.
That was always emotional for me. I hated to see the guys who know leave.
We had a buyout several years ago, and all the know-ers left. We are on a steepening glide right now. I don’t think anyone knows what they are doing anymore. Just based on the amount of “this issue has arisen, no eta on a fix.” multiple times a day……
Congrats and hopefully your preparation will meet the right opportunity!
I know what you mean. On my last day, there was a constant flood of people coming by wishing me well. Unfortunately, I hadn’t completely hollowed out my office and it kept me around longer than I would have wanted.
The kicker is that I was talking to a friend who’s still there and he said they’re not blaming everything on me. I thought that was tradition.
Good luck at the new place!
I find retirement fairly easy to get used to, but I know you’re not doing that.
“gratifying to see that people actually cared. ”
Given that on most days you are firing quite well on all cylinders, and that in human experience that’s quite exceptional, it’s not surprising. Even idiots love the sound of a well tuned engine.
Always bitter sweet leaving a place. One or two you hope to never see and the rest you miss. The pain will pass.
Keep in touch with the best and forget the worst.
More that 6 years in a single spot would be a record for me in over 30 years of IT work. It was worse before I got those skills.
Retirement beckons, but I doubt we will have anything to retire to. I envy all those who have successfully got off the wheel.
Thanks, all, for the kind words.
That’s great! Shows people WILL miss you!
Place I used to work, on the last day the lady on the next shift came in, put her stuff down:
“So this is your last day?”
“This is it”
“What am I gonna do without you here? Everybody else is picking and playing politics, and you just sit here and do the job! I’m gonna miss you!”
Considering that came from someone who spent a fair amount of time picking and politicking, and I’d thought didn’t care if I kept breathing or not, it was a surprise.