In line with posting some things that are personal along with the Perfect Storm stuff, I’d like to share with you that I’ve resigned from my job at SLI-Systems as a C++ Software Engineer with effect Friday, January 20th.
It was an amicable separation. I’ve been wanting to break free and do some of my own software development for some time and, after we returned from our two-month sojourn to the U.S., and I tried to get back into the groove there for a week or so, it seemed like it was time to go.
I completed two large projects for SLI in the time I was there (22 months). I integrated the Basis Technology Libraries into their main C++ program, Moby, code so that they can process a variety of foreign languages (Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Greek, Polish and German to date) as well as the English processing they were already doing. And, I converted Moby from 32 to 64 bits.
Leaving a good job for the unknown can make one insecure and I’ve not been immune to that fact.
But I prefer this slightly scared and disoriented feeling I have now to the nagging suspicion that I might have been staying on someplace because I’m letting my fears and insecurities limit my choices.
Stayed tuned, I’ll report if I have a melt-down or if I release a new software product – either way, it should be interesting.
Oh, and I should mention that it’s summer here and I plan to use some of this new free time to ride my motorcycle off to a few locations around New Zealand which is, I think, one of the better ways to use this nice weather.
Cheers.
I know you will fly! You’ve gained a mastery of creativity and business. It will work!