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Today was the last day of the 4th job in my career. Over the last few years, mainly due to relocation, I’ve chosen to change jobs quite a few times. My decision to leave my latest employer was probably one of the toughest decisions I’ve had to make in my career however. Let me provide a little back story.

I started working for my last employer roughly 7 months ago. Previously I was working for a large, privately held timeshare company and was commuting anywhere from 2-4 hours a day from the coast into West Orlando. I was so eager to work closer to home, I decided to take a risk and accept an offer at a company I knew needed a lot of ground work to get to a point where they could be productive in terms of development. I’ve based my career on getting development teams organized and productive so this opportunity seemed like a good fit for me. Without getting into too much detail, over a few months I realized that I was working for a manager who was obsessed with playing political games and too proud to admit he had ever made a mistake. As it turned out, I wasn’t the only employee who had an issue with my manager, and after a year or so of service, my manager and the company decided to part ways. With our previous manager out of the way, things really started to look up, our opinions were heard and we were finally given the opportunity to be productive. The job had finally become what I had expected it to be after almost 6 months time.

Before my manager hit the road, I started to look for another job with the expectation that my manager would never leave the company; from my perspective he seemed pretty well seeded. I got an offer for a great opportunity to work with Max again in a job with some great technical challenges. The offer came before my boss was out of the picture however. I found myself faced with the choice of staying onboard with a shop that finally had its roadblocks removed or move onto a new opportunity in an area that really interested me. What made this decision even harder was the fact that both shops have a great teams behind them. Some may say it’s a good problem to have, but it’s wasn’t easy for me.

In the end I decided to go with a new opportunity for the potential growth that it will bring to my career. I’m hoping to make this new job a long term position and am really looking forward to the challenges it will bring. That being said, I leave an amazing team and a new and effective manager. Anyone who they find to replace me will be fortunate to work with such a great staff and for a company with so much potential on the web. I wish them nothing but the best!

As for my new team, see you on Monday. I look forward to finding new ways to fail you all

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