Moving On - The Joy and The Pain

The last few weeks of my life have been wild to say the least. I recently accepted a new position with another organization, and as of May 18, I'll be moving on.

But this move has not been without much joy and also much pain.

Pain, because I have to leave my current employer which has been so good to me and my family for my tenure there. An employer which has helped grow my skills, with co-workers whom I have gleaned immense amounts of knowledge and know-how from. A co-worker in specific who has been my mentor and teacher. A boss, Audrey, who has been nothing short of great, always there for her employees, and a very understanding, caring individual as well. I will miss my co-workers and all they have given me, but I know it is for the best!

More pain, because of how this whole thing went down. I saw a post for a ColdFusion Web Developer with an exact match to the skills I currently possess. I figured why not check into it. So I called and was invited in for an interview, then another interview and finally an offer. I accepted the offer after a small bit of negotiation and put in my notice at my current employer.

I called Audrey and she immediately made me feel wanted and good about what I had become, letting me know that she didn't want to lose me and told me how valuable I was to the team, she said she was going to do everything in her power to keep me.

She ended up getting me a counter offer that was a bit higher than the offer I had already accepted, but by that time, I had already made up my mind as to moving on.

I met with the company that I had accepted the offer of and we had lunch that afternoon. Things went well, and talk was all about the future.

As I got back to work after lunch that day, I got a call from an organization that I had applied to some time ago, but didn't think I possessed the skill-set they were looking for. I began to talk to them about what they were looking for, what the job entailed and so-forth. The more I heard the more excited I became, this was turning out to be the job you only see in a perfect world.

God definitely had plans for me, I interviewed for the position feeling that I must research all possibilities thrown my was at the time, after all my next position would be my home for quite some time.

My interview went well and I began to go over the benefits I would receive if I got hired.

   - Over TWO MONTHS of "vacation/leave".
   - Medical coverage for $200 less per month.
   - A job so close to my house, I can ride a bike to work and come home for lunch. MORE FAMILY TIME!!!
   - An exciting position of developing web applications from the ground up with the latest methodologies.
   - And more...

All in all I knew I couldn't pass this up, this was best for my family and myself. The hard part was telling the previous opportunity, whose job I had accepted, that I found something I just could not pass up.

Well, yesterday I emailed them to break the news, it was a hard thing to do, and I felt very bad for having to do so. I haven't heard back yet from them, but I hope they take it well and I hope they understand.

So, you see the pain, hard, hard decisions of leaving "2" jobs, but in the end I must do what is best.

I am looking forward to my new opportunity, it is exciting, challenging and no-doubt will be rewarding.

I hope it all works out, and all the pain has already turned into so much joy. Thanks be to God for his orchestration of this perfect plan.