Not Working
Today was my last day of work at Artefactual. I'm still processing how I feel about it.
On one hand, I'm sad to go. It's been a big part of my life for nearly four years. I've learned a lot about software development, professionalism, mentoring, communication and learning. I've also made a big impact on Archivematica - I was half the development team for most of the time, and senior person for the last year, and had a lot of creative and technical sway. It's hard to realize that the project I've cared about and nurtured will be going a direction without my input. I didn't realize how much influence I'd had on the culture too, but from discussions I've fostered a focus on code quality & improvement. I'm really proud of the work and the changes I did, both to the code and the team. I also really like my coworkers. Basically no office politics, cared about the project, flexible, friendly, good at what they did.
On the other hand, I'm really happy to be done. I'd been there almost four years, and it was definitely time to move on. I'd stopped caring about some of the structural problems the codebase had. I want other senior people to learn from. I'm looking forward to better pay and paid vacation. Mostly, my depression mostly lifted once I gave notice. I've been so much happier in the past month, it's like night and day, and I was completely blindsided by that. If I'd realized what a difference it would make, I'd have given notice much earlier. Ideally I'll be not working until September, but I'm not sure that will work out.
I'm looking forward to focusing on personal projects include Japanese, birdwatching, learning to cook, and figuring out a fitness plan, along with a bunch of smaller projects around the house. We'll see how that works out, considering Mass Effect: Andromeda came out recently....
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On one hand, I'm sad to go. It's been a big part of my life for nearly four years. I've learned a lot about software development, professionalism, mentoring, communication and learning. I've also made a big impact on Archivematica - I was half the development team for most of the time, and senior person for the last year, and had a lot of creative and technical sway. It's hard to realize that the project I've cared about and nurtured will be going a direction without my input. I didn't realize how much influence I'd had on the culture too, but from discussions I've fostered a focus on code quality & improvement. I'm really proud of the work and the changes I did, both to the code and the team. I also really like my coworkers. Basically no office politics, cared about the project, flexible, friendly, good at what they did.
On the other hand, I'm really happy to be done. I'd been there almost four years, and it was definitely time to move on. I'd stopped caring about some of the structural problems the codebase had. I want other senior people to learn from. I'm looking forward to better pay and paid vacation. Mostly, my depression mostly lifted once I gave notice. I've been so much happier in the past month, it's like night and day, and I was completely blindsided by that. If I'd realized what a difference it would make, I'd have given notice much earlier. Ideally I'll be not working until September, but I'm not sure that will work out.
I'm looking forward to focusing on personal projects include Japanese, birdwatching, learning to cook, and figuring out a fitness plan, along with a bunch of smaller projects around the house. We'll see how that works out, considering Mass Effect: Andromeda came out recently....
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