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Bigger and Better Things
I like to take a month or so off from blogging during the summer, but my CCIE R&S written studies pushed that back a bit. I’ve finally got my lazy self back on track, but it may just be for a few days since I’ve accepted a new job in another city and am in the process of moving.
I am really excited about the new position. Since I haven’t started yet, I’m not going to reveal who the company is, but you’ve all seen the name. They’re forming a new group to handle specialty services for customers, and I’ll be working for the manager of that team as the Senior Network Engineer. My future boss is a CCIE, so that’s a great start; we didn’t even have a CCNA at my current company until about 2007. The job is going to be great, and the wife and I are both up for new adventures.
So, why am I leaving? I’m going to take the high road here and not whine about all the little issues, but there are several that pushed me to look for a new job. For one, my current company is primarily in print media – newspapers, magazines, books, etc. When was the last time that you read a newspaper? Hell, I haven’t read a newspaper in 13 years and I work for a newspaper company. Sales of print media have been dropping quickly since this whole Interwebs came about, and revenue from the online versions of media are less than 10% of those from print. It’s just a matter of time before the whole industry goes away, and I wanted to move on gracefully. Scrambling for a job in this economic climate wouldn’t be a happy place.
The most pressing reason for leaving the company, though, is the fact that the IT services are in the process of moving to a new joint venture company headed by NIIT Technologies. While this opens up a much broader world, there is always the question of how long my job will be in place with the new company. I’ve spent the last 4 weeks meeting with the NIIT guys, and they are absolutely wonderful. They know their stuff, ask the right questions, and do their homework when learning about the network. Without a doubt, I’d enjoy working with them, but the my group’s future (and even the future of the whole new company) is no longer a certainty. Again, it’s time to move on gracefully.
Now we have to move to the big city of Atlanta. I have a small apartment there to live in while we work to sell the house. The wife is staying for nowto get the house ready to sale, but I’ll make the 5-hour drive on weekends to help out. It’ll be a struggle for the next few months until the house is sold, but it’ll definitely be worth it in the end.
I start the new job on Monday, 7 November, so I’ll be making my way up with my TV and blow-up mattress this weekend to start the adventure. My last day with my current company is actually tomorrow, so I’ll be on the road to headquarters to hand in all my stuff. Hands will be shaked (?), lunch will be eaten, “do they have any openings” jokes will be told.
Most importantly, though, something bigger and better will begin.
Stubby Post – I’m Unemployed…Until Monday
Today was my last day at the office, and I start a new job and adventure on Monday. What does that mean for the blog?
The biggest impact is the fact that I won’t have access to a CSM or FSWM any more. These are two pretty unique devices, and I get quite a few questions on these guys. I’ll try my best to recount what I know, but I’ll have to get information from buddies at the old job if research is needed. The CSM has been a backbone of this blog for a while, so I’ll need to find another area with a similar demand for examples and configuration help. The FWSM doesn’t measure to the same scale, but the old company is the only one I know that runs those things, so the world may be that much poorer in FWSM information.
Another big impact has to do with my new company. I don’t even want to name them right now since I don’t know their attitude towards posting information about their operations on a blog. Though I always sanitize the configs and move output around to make it generic, I’ll need to run it by management before even attempting to give on-the-job examples. In the meantime, keep an eye out for my study notes on this new technology I’ll be breaking maintaining.
Since my career is taking a big turn, the blog is going with it. Stay tuned to see where we wind up. :)
Stubby Post – I’ve Taken a New Job
After several months of semi-serious job searching, I’ve landed a new position with a local company. I don’t know how much I should reveal about them, but I’m really excited to be joining their team. I’ll pass on more details as I get a feel for what is appropriate, but I’ll say that the position involves Nexus 7ks, ASR 1000s, and supporting private cloud technologies. It should be really fun and quite a new adventure for me.
Don’t worry, I won’t use “cloud” in future blog articles.
Edit: I missed one key word – Telepresence. :)