A Month of Gratitude, Day 7 - My New Gig

Saturday, December 7, 2013
On a professional basis, I spent a good part of last year in a pretty unhappy state. I was performing work that I was not hired to do, in a culture that just wasn't a good fit for me. So in spite of working for and with some really exceptional people, I decided to look for another option.

So I was keeping an eye on Linked-In and some other engineering job forums, when one day I saw an old colleague of mine was hiring. The job ad specified an engineer in California, but I thought, what the hay, I'll send him a note and tell him to keep me in mind if something comes up in Colorado.

Well, the California requirement was actually a mistake in the job ad, and he was hiring in Colorado.

After a number of weeks of negotiation and secondary interviews, we settled on a November 18th start date.

This has been such a relief. I'm doing the work for which I'm best-suited. I'm comfortable with the expectations and work requirements. I'm delighted to be working on projects where the goal is revenue attainment rather than cultural change. And in spite of my current status as the token chick on the team, the leadership organization has made a commitment to ensuring more gender diversity not only in the engineering teams, but in leadership, as well.

Today I'm grateful for a job where I feel I can be successful, the ability to perform my work well, and for the professional relationships that have made my career successful and fulfilling.

1 comments:

Anne C. said...

Having a job you enjoy, and that suits you, is a real and rare pleasure. To not have the above is like having sand in your shoes - not debilitating, but incredibly annoying.