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Which best describes how long until you plan to be looking for a new job?
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There will be big changes for you but you will be happy.
(Score: 2) by Webweasel on Tuesday October 24 2017, @09:06AM
Been with the same company for 17 years now and I just got promoted to senior solutions engineer.
Its not all been plain sailing of course, I could have jumped elsewhere several times but being a single father has kept me grounded and the company has been very flexible around my needs as a single parent.
3 Years of desktop support, 8 years as a web dev, 5 as an ecommerce sysdamin/DBA.
I was wasted in development. Learning to code was fun but a daily yawn for most of it and I'm a sysadmin at heart, still a valuable skill to learn and its paid dividends in the sysadmin role.
This year, after a major datacentre migration we pulled off in 3 months without a hitch, I got moved into the Solutions architect team and am the most senior engineer at the firm. I have really spread my wings in this new role. Suddenly managment listen to me and I have a lot of influence in the direction of IT as a whole.
I never thought I would get to this level, felt doomed to stay an invisible cog in the IT dept but a change in management led to someone recognising my ability and exploiting it as much as they can. The previous guy didn't trust me, as he had known me from the start and still thought I was the angry, depressed idiot I was in my 20's.
Its funny how your life changes unexpectedly.
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