People come and go….
Today has been kind of a trying day for me. I have seen co-workers come and go, it is a part of the job. In todays day and age, you do not stay at a job for 20 years and wait for a nice pension to come up, people are lucky to stay at the same place for 5 years, especially in the IT industry. I have gotten to know the people I have worked with quite well, and have developed some good friendships. A good friend of mine has been looking at a opening that crossed their path, and it looks like they are going to move on to that position. In the end it is a good opportunity. I have lost touch with several people over the years due to job changes, and this is a case where I do not want this to happen this time, as I truly enjoy being around this friend and their family.
So, enough about that, and on to the second half of my day :-)
This evening I gave speed dating another shot. The last time I did this a month or so ago, and did not have much luck. The last time around, the age ranges where 20-30 year old, and this time it was 25-35. I think with a more mature crowd, I might click better with people, and I think I did. Of the 9 people that attended, I think I would not mind seeing 4 of them again, which is better than last time. In fact, I had a great conversation with 2 or 3 folks. A bonus was that the place the event was at had 18 year old scotch :-)
When I got home, I chatted with my friend for a bit, and watched a good movie called Saint Ralph. I decided I could use a nice film this evening as I finish off a bottle of wine I had in the fridge.
With my latest effort to start loosing weight, I figure I will start updating my blog entires with my weight loss progress. Todays count was 240.0lbs, which is a loss of 13 lbs since I have started working at it a month or so ago. I would love to get below 200 again.
December 4th, 2006 at 2:52 pm
Congrats on the weight, man!
People leaving sucks. It’s part of any industry these days, not just IT. The days of life-long employees are over.