Bittersweet Goodbye

A few years ago if you told me that I would be leaving the IT field I would have told you that you were crazy.  After all, I love computers and more than that I love the challenges they present when the break.  I thought I'd be in IT until the day I retired but things change.  I worked as an IT consultant for Apex Systems on assignment at Anheuser-Busch Inc when the InBev merger happened.  With so many rumors surrounding the outsourcing of IT it made sense to search for another job, which was not what I really wanted to do but I had just purchased a home.  It didn't take long to find another job and on top of that one that looked very promising, it turned out I had been lied to.  I was hired as an E-Commerce Technician at Network Solutions, who's goal was apparently to bend over all of it's customers and ride them to the grave with a sandpaper condom.  I was appalled at the way Network Solutions treated it's customers which in turn resulted in customers raining down sheets of hatred onto the techs.  After 15 months I had enough and was lucky to be able to return to my old position, now with Anheuser-Busch InBev as an IT Consultant through Ajilon.  I was finally recharging the batteries when the news of outsourcing hit the Help Desk.  Part of me was not surprised in the least, I mean how many times does the universe have to tell you that you need to leave the IT field before you listen?  However, I decided to ride it out while scores of people I had known for 2 to 3 years left for other jobs.  It turns out that patience is a virtue and a job I interviewed for with AB InBev was offered to me.  The news was amazing and took a huge load off my shoulders as I know my job is safe and on top of that I achieved a goal I had since my first IT assignment with AB.

10 years I've been in the IT field and I wouldn't change anything about it for without each and every thing happening in the way it did I wouldn't be where I am today.  I will be forever grateful for the opportunities the IT field provided and would be lying to say I won't miss it, but it's time for a change.  Yesterday was my last day working in IT, Monday I start my new job on the business side of the house as a part of the BSC Operations division.  Though I am excited to start my new career it truly is a bittersweet moment for me.  On one hand I'm saying goodbye to 10 years of hard work and determination, but on the other hand a whole new world of opportunity and possibilities await that never would have presented itself in the IT world.  I've been lucky to have been on the journey that brought me here and look forward to what the future will bring.