Last Wednesday was my last day at CareerJunction (well, this time around).  After some initial issues (mostly to do with culture), I'd started to settle in, I got my team a quiet environment, and my team was hitting milestones and generally impressing everyone.

So, why leave?

Well, I'd decided to stay on at CJ for a bit, while waiting to see if other options would pan out.  I'd put bits of my life on hold, since there's little point to finding a new flat or buying a new vacuum cleaner if you might be leaving the country in a few weeks.

Then, I got a phone call from Synthasite, saying that they'd like to have a chat with me.  So, I went past their offices, chatted to them for a bit, got really excited about what they had done and what they were planning on doing, realised that they were wanting me to work there, told them that I might not be around long since I was waiting on those options, and they said they'd take the risk.  Which either meant they were truly confident of their ability to convince me to stay, or didn't think I was good enough to have the other stuff come through.  But I gave them the benefit of the doubt.  And then I took the weekend to think about it, and decided to give it a go.

Fast forward a month: Day 3 of new employment being the launch of the Synthasite beta (more from boss-man Vinny Lingham in his announcement), and much watching of Munin graphs to see how well we're handling the load.