Sayonara, DSB
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flexagonI gave official notice at DSB on Friday. I talked to the HR head--that was the scariest part, at least the first 120 seconds--and then wrote a short email to the CEO at her request, then released my friends from their silence and started going around to people's offices. Rumors may be fun, but I also want people to hear it straight from me. (In the process of spreading the word, I've accidentally told two people already about my boss leaving... sigh. Openness is good, people, c'mon.)
Anyway, it feels really weird to have it out in the open. The CEO forwarded my email to all the PIs (big bosses) almost instantly but didn't reply to me. I assume he's angry, and am hoping he calms down before July 5 when he's back in town. However, even if he gets angry he can't do anything to me... same for K the resident bulldyke, who is also out of town... and the vast majority of the other people I talked to were supportive, although some were sorry to see me going. Even the HR head admitted that it made sense for me to move on, if she stepped back from her role as representative of DSB and thought about it, and the office meanie was just miffed that I'm not getting a senior position at Politic Frog (as I've decided to call my new company). Then he lent me a book with a good introduction to C++ templates, and we talked about stupid new people and how they grow up to be wise old-timers. :) Yeah, he's not such a bad meanie. I think maybe I'll miss him. *warm fuzzies*
Sorry for the LJ quiet this week. I've been feeling more like doing things than writing about them, and also feeling very geeky--reading parts of Lippman's C++ Primer and realizing how very much there is about C++ that I don't have a deep understanding of. (I'm reading about templates now, but have a bad feeling I should be reading every damn page.) It's not clear at all how well the new job is going to dovetail with getting me Java 2 certified... I want to do it this year since DSB's given me the book for it and my Java skills are only going to go downhill from here. But that too involves getting much more in-depth than I previously have, and doing a lot of study on my own time. Sigh... all this time I've been coding professionally and I still don't have the familiarity with my tools that, deep in my idealistic heart, I believe a professional should. (Shame on me.) These thoughts don't bother me though, since they're the thoughts of a focused person again. Nice that some answers actually came out of that inchoate cloud that was in my head for the last couple of months. :) I am starting to look forward to all this. Which is good, because I have more technical books on the way to me from Amazon.
Physically I'm less than okay: my calves are still killing me from Thursday night's advanced TKD class, which had lots of jumping and lots of calf raises. I had to skip both forms classes and sparring. Why must I attempt these workouts that suck so much they keep me from working out as much as I'd like to? Oh, the irony and stupidity of it all. But if I keep going, in theory I'll get back to the level where I can handle them.
Lastly, go read about this super-strong mutant child in Germany. Not a joke. X-men anyone? I'm waiting patiently for the kid who can walk through walls.
Anyway, it feels really weird to have it out in the open. The CEO forwarded my email to all the PIs (big bosses) almost instantly but didn't reply to me. I assume he's angry, and am hoping he calms down before July 5 when he's back in town. However, even if he gets angry he can't do anything to me... same for K the resident bulldyke, who is also out of town... and the vast majority of the other people I talked to were supportive, although some were sorry to see me going. Even the HR head admitted that it made sense for me to move on, if she stepped back from her role as representative of DSB and thought about it, and the office meanie was just miffed that I'm not getting a senior position at Politic Frog (as I've decided to call my new company). Then he lent me a book with a good introduction to C++ templates, and we talked about stupid new people and how they grow up to be wise old-timers. :) Yeah, he's not such a bad meanie. I think maybe I'll miss him. *warm fuzzies*
Sorry for the LJ quiet this week. I've been feeling more like doing things than writing about them, and also feeling very geeky--reading parts of Lippman's C++ Primer and realizing how very much there is about C++ that I don't have a deep understanding of. (I'm reading about templates now, but have a bad feeling I should be reading every damn page.) It's not clear at all how well the new job is going to dovetail with getting me Java 2 certified... I want to do it this year since DSB's given me the book for it and my Java skills are only going to go downhill from here. But that too involves getting much more in-depth than I previously have, and doing a lot of study on my own time. Sigh... all this time I've been coding professionally and I still don't have the familiarity with my tools that, deep in my idealistic heart, I believe a professional should. (Shame on me.) These thoughts don't bother me though, since they're the thoughts of a focused person again. Nice that some answers actually came out of that inchoate cloud that was in my head for the last couple of months. :) I am starting to look forward to all this. Which is good, because I have more technical books on the way to me from Amazon.
Physically I'm less than okay: my calves are still killing me from Thursday night's advanced TKD class, which had lots of jumping and lots of calf raises. I had to skip both forms classes and sparring. Why must I attempt these workouts that suck so much they keep me from working out as much as I'd like to? Oh, the irony and stupidity of it all. But if I keep going, in theory I'll get back to the level where I can handle them.
Lastly, go read about this super-strong mutant child in Germany. Not a joke. X-men anyone? I'm waiting patiently for the kid who can walk through walls.
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Date: 2004-06-27 02:27 pm (UTC)I assume [The CEO]'s angry
I doubt that he is angry. CEOs have to realize that attrition is part of business. He may be disappointed, and most definitely he is concerned about the gaping whole that your departure leaves. If it is anger, then that is a hell of a compliment from him about how important you have been.
Can't wait to have you in my neck of the woods.
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Date: 2004-06-28 06:45 am (UTC)