Thoughts

I worked at Company A (name not used because I don't want to be hated/fired!) for four years - a long time for someone my age!  Friday I quit Company A and will begin working soon for Company B.  I feel a lot about this.  Feelings annoy me because they're not really tangible until you understand their roots.

I love Company A.  I love the people I work with, the things I have learned and the experiences I have had.  They all shaped me into *this*.  I would not be the detail-oriented, process obsessed, please-I-only-accept-challenges type of engineer I am if I had not worked with people who pushed me to be that.  I was given the chance to make mistakes, to learn and then design.  Perhaps the thing I am most grateful for is that I can really, honestly say my Engineering Idols work there: people who are so smart, such great teachers to those like myself - they make you want to take everything you do to the next level.  I could say a million great things about Company A and what they have meant to me - but without specifics it seems odd.

Company B?  Funny enough, I have wanted to work here for a long time.  The things they work on are things most engineers would kill to have a chance at being part of.  Preparation met with opportunity and I am really excited.  I am going to have the chance to work with some really neat technical challenges and see a whole new side to the things I know.  If you're not learning, you're suffering from brain atrophy - bring on the challenges!  *squeals of excitement* Yay!