Comments on: When One Job Ends, Another Begins http://joeygibson.com/2009/05/11/when-one-job-ends-another-begins/ Java, Clojure, Scala, Groovy, Ruby, Python, Lisp, Objective-C, OSX, politics, religion, Koine Greek, Tae Kwon Do, Spanish and much more! Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:22:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Blake Helms http://joeygibson.com/2009/05/11/when-one-job-ends-another-begins/comment-page-1/#comment-903 Blake Helms Mon, 11 May 2009 14:52:45 +0000 http://joeygibson.com/2009/05/11/when-one-job-ends-another-begins/#comment-903 I have a somewhat similar story. I was at a very large, very stable company in Birmingham. I absolutely loved the job and the people but an opportunity came along to leave and help start an IT consulting firm. I made the decision to leave and go do it (made sure I left on VERY good terms though). I was there for 2.5 years and literally saw the company go from a couple of desks and a server sitting on a folding table to new offices and 3 full server racks. My employee number was 3. After the economic downturn came, our clients started cutting back then in December of 2008 I was laid-off and the company folded. That was 3pm on Monday, I signed my contract to go back to work at my old company at 9am on Tuesday. I got a lot of great experience where I was and still have many wonderful friendships with my old coworkers but it's nice to be back at a stable company. I have a somewhat similar story. I was at a very large, very stable company in Birmingham. I absolutely loved the job and the people but an opportunity came along to leave and help start an IT consulting firm. I made the decision to leave and go do it (made sure I left on VERY good terms though). I was there for 2.5 years and literally saw the company go from a couple of desks and a server sitting on a folding table to new offices and 3 full server racks. My employee number was 3. After the economic downturn came, our clients started cutting back then in December of 2008 I was laid-off and the company folded. That was 3pm on Monday, I signed my contract to go back to work at my old company at 9am on Tuesday. I got a lot of great experience where I was and still have many wonderful friendships with my old coworkers but it’s nice to be back at a stable company.

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