I have 2 days until I retire.
I know I've confused everyone who knows my actual age, but what I mean is "retiring from the industry." I've been doing this for 3 years and now understand how someone could burn out so quickly and so easily.
I also came to understand that I'm just not good enough to have that unique area of specialty. It's an industry based on having the top people of their various creative/technical skill levels and while I'm competent in most of them, I'm not super-great at any of them.
How's that for a blow to the ego?
I'm done on May 1st. The project's done already and just waiting for that final approval. It's also expected to get top ratings, which means I can go out on top and for years to come look back at this project and show people where I put my mark on it. That's something.
I've also made lots of new friends. Lots of them! One enemy too, from the looks of it, but I don't care about that.
So, this is the end of the road... Unless something happens to entice me to stick it out just a little while longer!
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Monday, April 20, 2009
My Return
It's been close to 5 years since I saw my last boss at my old, old job... He was in charge of the department I returned to after escaping for the office From Hell.
Almost 5 years...
I don't mention it much, but my wife works for my last boss, T, and has now for nearly 4 years. I've been quietly nervous ever since I left (not on the greatest of terms, thanks to the office From Hell) that one day there'd be a special event that the family would all be invited to attend.
And that happened late last week.
My wife's department, as it now stands, invited us all up to a retreat. I was nervous. I'm friends with a few on Facebook, talked to a couple in person, but never have I seen them all together since October 2004. I was definitely nervous.
Would they even welcome me? Would people talk to me? Would this negatively affect my wife's job?
I was welcomed back into the fold. I gave my boss, and as many former colleagues as possible, hugs to show that *I*, at least had no ill-will towards any of them. And then we talked. And drank. And talked some more. And drank a whole lot more. My former boss & I split a bottle of Scotch and discussed "the good ol' days" as he introduced me to the new people in the department.
It couldn't have worked out better.
Almost 5 years...
I don't mention it much, but my wife works for my last boss, T, and has now for nearly 4 years. I've been quietly nervous ever since I left (not on the greatest of terms, thanks to the office From Hell) that one day there'd be a special event that the family would all be invited to attend.
And that happened late last week.
My wife's department, as it now stands, invited us all up to a retreat. I was nervous. I'm friends with a few on Facebook, talked to a couple in person, but never have I seen them all together since October 2004. I was definitely nervous.
Would they even welcome me? Would people talk to me? Would this negatively affect my wife's job?
I was welcomed back into the fold. I gave my boss, and as many former colleagues as possible, hugs to show that *I*, at least had no ill-will towards any of them. And then we talked. And drank. And talked some more. And drank a whole lot more. My former boss & I split a bottle of Scotch and discussed "the good ol' days" as he introduced me to the new people in the department.
It couldn't have worked out better.
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