In 2005 I enrolled in my first semester of virtual school. I took Biology, Geometry, US History, Language Arts, and, my favorite, Computer Programming. That course, the first real exposure I had to code, set me on the path to where I am today.
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After spending so many years working at one place, I took the opportunity to transition on my timeline and still have two more weeks until I start the new job. It’s giving me the opportunity to feel like I have real closure for the end of that chapter. (Although with my husband still working on my old team, I have to fight the temptation to add my $0.02 sometimes.)
I’ll be going from one of the top 5 senior-most developers to brand new and there’s so much information taking up space in my brain that I have little use for anymore. It feels weird expecting to lose that hard-won knowledge, but there’s going to be plenty to learn in the new system!
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The following is an excerpt from my official goodbye emai:
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Has anybody seen my baby? I think he’s around here somewhere, but I can’t seem to find him lately.
It feels like just yesterday that he turned two and suddenly, here we are, six months later with a walking, talking little explorer. He’s always on the move, especially when we go outside. Indoors, he wants to be doing whatever we’re doing. Sitting in my lap while I’m trying to work. Sitting at the counter while we cook. Sitting in the laundry while I fold it. He’s growing up to be such a helper.
I joke. But I still feel this little bit of nostalgia for the baby days. I lived in such a blur during that time, it feels like I never really got to enjoy them before, “poof,” they’re gone. Replaced by these sweet, sweet moments of watching his personality bloom.
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