First Day of Spring

Today is my last day at the company I've worked at for the past five and a half years. (Wow, that's a long time!) I've got a lot of mixed emotions as I assume many people have during times like this. I'm excited about the new opportunity and all the exciting new things I'll be doing. I'll miss all my friends and the environment I've grown very, very comfortable in. Mostly I'm just anxious about all the change that's happening right now. So anxious, in fact, that I was up at 4 o'clock this morning.

But what would life be if we didn't have some change? So I'm stepping forward and seeing where life takes me. On Monday, I'll be joining Integrum, a small company doing Ruby on Rails development for custom web applications. They're bringing me on as a project manager, mainly interacting between the customers and the developers. I feel like this is a really good fit considering my prior customer experience. Personally, I'm very excited about getting close to the technology...especially one as new as Ruby on Rails, which was first released in 2004.

I first became aware of Integrum when I attended BarCamp Phoenix on December 9, 2006. It was the first time for me to meet Josh Knowles. (There's even a picture of that meeting! Thanks, Matt.) It was also the first time I met Jade and Derrick also from Integrum. Since meeting in December, Josh and I have become good friends. When Integrum decided to hire a project manager, Josh mentioned it to me and you know how the rest of the story goes.

Making this kind of major career change wasn't taken lightly by me. There was a lot of thought and discussion. I had decided that if I were going to make a change, it would have to be something that got me close to the Internet, because that's what I'm truly passionate about. I'm confident that this is a GREAT opportunity for me and am looking forward to this adventure as it unfolds.

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