There is a song whose chorus rings out " *breaking up is hard to do... * ". That's exactly how it felt leaving Expedient. It was a relationship, neither side really wanted to end, but somehow it did, and had to end. Much of my last week was rather boring, I met the deadlines and got the projects in on time, and we smashed the previous record.
Heck, honestly as I sat there midway through Monday I had no idea how that was even going to happen. I was stuck on a problem and had no idea how to solve it, but told my boss, that they will be finished today, and they were. Somehow with enough searches on the Google, the results gave us the answer which led to the completion.
Friday, was strange, I saw my boss at some point, and he said that I was pretty much free to leave whenever I wanted, but that he wanted me to stop in and say goodbye before I left.
I hung around and finished a couple last minute things, including documenting the solution to the problem the previous Monday, and made sure that the new guy had everything he needed to take over my projects on Monday. Many of which he had already done.
Went out to lunch one final time with the boys, then after lunch decided it was time to leave, so I cleaned up the last of my computer, and walked into the boss's office one final time.
After talking with him, it was on to the VP, or my boss' boss. I definitely felt like I was appreciated, as they rattled off how much they enjoyed having me, and that leaving was the right decision, and to keep in touch.
A year ago, I felt as though I was pushed out of the "DATA CENTER", as it was the middle of the week, and after half the workforce left, I was called in and dismissed...and uninvited to the Christmas party but told to keep in touch.
I found out how much that meant when I wanted to go visit the guys at the annual wing eat off and was told via a friend that the boss refused to come if I came. This time I think they mean it. These are pretty stand up guys. I am grateful for the future God has in store that he's opened up the door for.