Friday, September 2, 2011
Wow, this looks like a search field - not a title location
I'm making this post to test the keywords/labels
Hello World - seriously
Standard, right? Very.
I am nothing but standard - or so I thought.
Back 5 years ago, I only dreamed of being where I am today. At the time, I was working for a company who had hired me as a young computer technician who liked to play with graphics and built web pages. Bonus for them, right? I could be their tech support person as well as help out the existing development team when they need front-end web development - and because I was so young, I had no clue how much I should have been paid for being just thatawesome versatile.
Fast forward nearly 9 years and I was one of two senior technicians, had a few gaming-related hobbies including my pet and often neglected Online Gaming Radio, had taught myself professional level design, kept up on the web development standards and put them in practice at any chance I could get, and was building applications for the web, microsoft surface, and playing around in WPF and silverlight - but still at the same company. I am only listing half of the things I was doing on the side - quite plainly - I was bored. My job was no longer challenging and the company I worked for hadn't the budget or ability to fulfill my professional needs - to the point that the director of the company wrote me a letter of recommendation pointing out that fact.
At the point in which I left, I was on maternity leave and realized just how unhappy I was with things and wondering, "Why the hell have I stayed with this company? All of the people I interact with professionally are working with interactive companies and are doing what I'm doing - not as a hobby..."
I'm sure you can see where this is going - or maybe not. Either way - I sent in my letter of resignation and put an updated version of my resume up as well as updated my linkedin profile... and was blown away.
The number of offers in my mailbox for interviews was incredible. Apparently, having a crossing of skills which combines design, development, and working heavily with remote teams... is a commodity these days!
I am nothing but standard - or so I thought.
Back 5 years ago, I only dreamed of being where I am today. At the time, I was working for a company who had hired me as a young computer technician who liked to play with graphics and built web pages. Bonus for them, right? I could be their tech support person as well as help out the existing development team when they need front-end web development - and because I was so young, I had no clue how much I should have been paid for being just that
Fast forward nearly 9 years and I was one of two senior technicians, had a few gaming-related hobbies including my pet and often neglected Online Gaming Radio, had taught myself professional level design, kept up on the web development standards and put them in practice at any chance I could get, and was building applications for the web, microsoft surface, and playing around in WPF and silverlight - but still at the same company. I am only listing half of the things I was doing on the side - quite plainly - I was bored. My job was no longer challenging and the company I worked for hadn't the budget or ability to fulfill my professional needs - to the point that the director of the company wrote me a letter of recommendation pointing out that fact.
At the point in which I left, I was on maternity leave and realized just how unhappy I was with things and wondering, "Why the hell have I stayed with this company? All of the people I interact with professionally are working with interactive companies and are doing what I'm doing - not as a hobby..."
I'm sure you can see where this is going - or maybe not. Either way - I sent in my letter of resignation and put an updated version of my resume up as well as updated my linkedin profile... and was blown away.
The number of offers in my mailbox for interviews was incredible. Apparently, having a crossing of skills which combines design, development, and working heavily with remote teams... is a commodity these days!
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