20 Years
On the first of October, it was 20 years since I started work at Insights, and today I got my fourth block signifying a period of 5 years service.
When I started at Insights, I was the first developer through the door (I was joined by a colleague the next day) and the total number of direct employees of the business was smaller than the number of people in the department I’m in now. Now we’re a medium-sized international business, working with some very large businesses indeed, and all still heavily reliant on the software I’m involved in building.
Not counting founders (one of whom currently sits across the desk from me) there are a couple of people who’ve been with the business longer than me. In one case, 26 years! Still, 20 years seems like a long-ish time.
Yesterday I had lunch with other members of my team, and I have a couple of lunches with more senior people coming up in the next couple of months. I also have to decide what form I want to receive a gift in. (Thinks: I have a handy list of 28mm models I’d like…)
Whatever happens, what with having spent a relatively long time in further education, that’s more than half my working life spent at Insights - if I stay here until I retire, I’ll only earn another 3 blocks.