Going Going……

Amazing. I did the deal yesterday. You know you don’t realise how much you are loved till you say good by. I am starting to feel a bit guilty for leaving the team in the lurch but I have committed to my next master so that is that.

So far my manager and his boss (one of the company owners) have offer more cash and valuable prizes. I have a lunch time meeting with the other owner over lunch. I hope it is more about succession planning and how to deal with the clients rather than another attempt. I very much want to leave on good grounds. Not really looking forward to it (I think I will go with the fish).

It has been a very clarifying experience. I have fairly much bumbled along most of my life shuffling along on a whim. As luck would have it I have always ended up in a fairly good spot. And basically when I get bored or restless something has always come up. I guess being a good geek has its advantages.

In this case I was not getting the ownership or stewardship or something of my projects. I was getting screwed around by the client and couldn’t see a real way out and stay with in the company. And basically I am an engineer not a negotiator (now there’s a disadvantage of being a geek with poor communication and people skills).

I filled out all the induction type forms last night for the new company – you know offer and acceptance, confidentiality, superannuation, health cover etc…. Given I have a month at the present co before I start at the new place I was contemplating asking my new boss for some background reading, specs, functional definitions etc. Will that be perceived as a suck job?

Wonder if they will issuer me a new phone? May be a lap top. Maybe I should have negotiated that…..

My spouse seems happy with the move and my son, while wise in some respects, doesn’t seem to understand. It was funny. Last night over dinner he said “why leave XXX? They are nice people and they pay you a fair wage”. I know he was paraphrasing something we had discussed many months before (Probably while I was contemplating leaving the co).

Such is life