Bit of a back story, I’ve worked for an IT managed services provider for the past 3-4 years. I’ve picked up a lot of skills there that I never would’ve gotten from my last corporate IT job at a fortune 500. Two reasons for this: Working for an MSP you get exposed to many environments of varying technologies of varying ages, and corporate IT departments tend to be segregated into service desk, network and infrastructure teams, working at an MSP you tend to get your hands on a bit of everything. It’s a sweet deal, I get a company car (my jobs mainly onsite) but I’ve become bored and a bit stale with my work.
So I had two job opportunities pop up this week (one Wednesday morning another on Wednesday evening). A corporate that I’ve been waiting for for about 3-4 months to get to 95% of the way through sign off and an opportunity in an office with a startup culture that came up over a couple of a beers out of the blue in the spur of the moment.
Even though it was a little less money, I’ve chosen the startup (that’s not really a startup). The works a bit more interesting, the office culture’s very much more me (jeans and a T shirt) and there’s a fair bit of travel involved (which I miss about my old jobs).
Pulling the plug on an opportunity that took 3-4 months to get to where it is, Is more money and is more “adult” and corporate wasn’t an easy decision, certainly not one that I took lightly and I hope for dear life that I’ve made the right one. Friday was filled with much anxiety after I made the relevant phones and taking a “fun” job over a stable corporate. But has been very honest but reassuring. This wasn’t a hire for the sake of a hire, there is a vision and direction for my role and that’s why it was created (my friend travels a bit for work but has just had a kid, so he’s hoping to handover a number of his responsibilities over to me.)
knowing you had a choice and it was not your only option.