Well, today is my last day here at Major Pharmaceutical Company, Inc. I have worked here on contract for six months, maintaining it’s LDAP directory. It has been a lot like flying: hours upon hours of boredom punctuated by seconds of sheer terror. My main task during the day is staying busy.
So, even though I will miss the people I work with, I will not miss the work. Nor the commute, which ranges between 30 minutes to an hour each day on horrible I-40. I never really intended to stick around.
The department, like the company, is in a state of flux. My boss has tendered his resignation this morning. Rumor has it that he was so distraught about my leaving that he couldn’t bear to continue here, but the real reason is that another company offered him more money. And my co-worker Josef is feeling the pressure, being the likely recipient of a bigger workload once the departures sink in. I wish him success.
As for me, I’ll be consulting for my own company, Siteseers Inc.. A number of local companies have Linux servers and need my expertise in keeping them running. I look forward to the challenge.
In a weird way, today doesn’t seem like a “last day” at all.