I will be unemployed . . . temporarily . . . for the weekend, that is.
Monday morning, at nine am, I will show up for my new job. Everyone asks me if I am excited. Well, I don't really know that I'm really excited. That is, I don't know if excited is the right word to use to explain what it is that I'm feeling. I imagine I should be excited.
Before I finished grad school in 2000 everyone and his brother's dog had an ingenious idea for the next, hippest, biggest, money-making startup that would bring in millions of dollars at the drop of a hat. My goal, even though I lived in the Midwest ( as far from Silicon Valley as you can get ), was to be involved with some kind of Internet, start-up venture. Sure, money was a part of that. But it wasn't the whole thing on my mind. I was drawn to the the prospect of being involved with a venture that had a desire to push the limits of technology, wasn't afraid of making mistakes and breaking the rules, and wanted to "try something new." Monday that's exactly what I will be doing.
By their own definition:
Monday morning, at nine am, I will show up for my new job. Everyone asks me if I am excited. Well, I don't really know that I'm really excited. That is, I don't know if excited is the right word to use to explain what it is that I'm feeling. I imagine I should be excited.
Before I finished grad school in 2000 everyone and his brother's dog had an ingenious idea for the next, hippest, biggest, money-making startup that would bring in millions of dollars at the drop of a hat. My goal, even though I lived in the Midwest ( as far from Silicon Valley as you can get ), was to be involved with some kind of Internet, start-up venture. Sure, money was a part of that. But it wasn't the whole thing on my mind. I was drawn to the the prospect of being involved with a venture that had a desire to push the limits of technology, wasn't afraid of making mistakes and breaking the rules, and wanted to "try something new." Monday that's exactly what I will be doing.
By their own definition:
If you are looking to make a change and are creative, like to take risks and want to work at a place full of opportunity and excitement, this is the place for you!I'm leaving behind some great people that I've enjoyed working with over the last five years. Although I'll miss seeing them and trading sarcastic emails, they'll hardly be forgotten. If I'm not excited it's because I'm not excited to leave them behind.
Well.....I guess it is a reality now :( Life is all about change, I hope this is a good one for you. When we get to missing you too much at the office....I'll just bring out the fake doggie doo that you left in my office a few years ago.
I know what that feeling is. It's called apprehension. Not quite as devastating as fear, but it still makes you wonder to yourself, "What have I gotten myself into?"
I know, because I've been there. And if I'm wrong, you can mentally slap me across the room.
How is it going at the new job?!
M.