SLO Ho!
Nothing's been carved in stone or nothin', but it's a milestone for me: I gave unofficial notice that I'll be officially giving notice at work. It seemed like the courteous thing to do, but I think mostly my motivation was to make a symbolic gesture of commitment to the plan in terms that are less wishy-washy. Plus it opens up the possibility of applying for jobs and listing my current employer for refs.
I was kind of nervous about having the "talk" with my boss. I like my boss, and he's always treated me well. Irrationally, my sense of loyalty makes me feel a little traitorous for bailing on my job, even if all I do at my job is sit on my ass and post poetry analyses in my LJ. The real worry, though, was that he'd ask why I was moving. The prospect of explaining to a corporate carreer lifer that I'm abandoning my corporate carrer to pursue better parties didn't strike me as a lot of fun.
But there are two points there that I should try to keep in mind. 1) They're my priorities, and if anybody doesn't like 'em, tough nuts. 2) I've never considered my work at Freightliner to be a carreer. It's my soul-sapping, bill-paying, party-dough-providing job, and currently it's standing between me and the parties I want to be at. Besides that, I've been in this job for about two and half years, which is about as long as I've kept any single position. I can't imagine why Freightliner's mainframe or networks would be worth more of my time than that, even presuming that my staying or going will make any difference in the business' success. For which, incidentally, I don't give two shits, or even one.
It's time to shake things up.
I was kind of nervous about having the "talk" with my boss. I like my boss, and he's always treated me well. Irrationally, my sense of loyalty makes me feel a little traitorous for bailing on my job, even if all I do at my job is sit on my ass and post poetry analyses in my LJ. The real worry, though, was that he'd ask why I was moving. The prospect of explaining to a corporate carreer lifer that I'm abandoning my corporate carrer to pursue better parties didn't strike me as a lot of fun.
But there are two points there that I should try to keep in mind. 1) They're my priorities, and if anybody doesn't like 'em, tough nuts. 2) I've never considered my work at Freightliner to be a carreer. It's my soul-sapping, bill-paying, party-dough-providing job, and currently it's standing between me and the parties I want to be at. Besides that, I've been in this job for about two and half years, which is about as long as I've kept any single position. I can't imagine why Freightliner's mainframe or networks would be worth more of my time than that, even presuming that my staying or going will make any difference in the business' success. For which, incidentally, I don't give two shits, or even one.
It's time to shake things up.