Michael Snoswell's Journal: A new Job!!!

Hey - I finally did it and jumped ship. Well, a little bit anyway. I moved witin the company but it's to a new project at a new site. I even had to get new ID passes (yep, two of 'em) to get me on to the new site. And what do I do now?? Well it's hard to say exactly. These ppl approached me late last year and said they'd like me to consider moving to work with them. I wasn't to interested at the time as I knew they'd had some linux sys admin jobs open for many months that they just couldn't fill and that seemed like a step back to me (no offence but "been there, done that"). So I emailed my resume anyway and got a phone call 15 mins later saying they want to talk. An hour later they agree to the payrise and position grade increase and we shake hands. Then corporate HR get involved....(6 months pass).... finally I'm here and I forget most of what they talked about me doing but it seems to be a bit of everything and nothing in particular - like some systems engineering, some sw R&D, some project management, some trouble shooting, some UI conceptual stuff (like liked my VR background and complex realtime system simulation/monitoring in 3D). They say a change is as good as a holiday and despite some niggling worry about if this was a good idea, I now feel tis has been a good move. Investing has been a bit of a poo lately. Made 30% so far this year and got silly and blew the wins reinvesting too quickly without sufficient consideration. Note to self: don't do silly things once you've made a tidy profit!