{"id":187,"date":"2022-08-12T22:03:40","date_gmt":"2022-08-13T02:03:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lestersworld.com\/?p=187"},"modified":"2023-09-27T22:04:37","modified_gmt":"2023-09-28T02:04:37","slug":"3-years-and-counting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lestersworld.com\/?p=187","title":{"rendered":"3 Years and Counting&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Three years\u2026 already. I still frequently feel like a newb, and I am still in awe of the talent, resources and overall cool stuff I get to work on, with, or help design. It\u2019s been a great run so far, and so much blue sky exists above us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I think it\u2019s also a good time to clarify a quickly worn-out clich\u00e9, now being overused by \u201cinfluencers\u201d and LinkedIn wanna be\u2019s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not everyone changing jobs is fleeing a bad manager, employer, situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sometimes an employee simply wants a change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sometimes an employee wants to change career paths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sometimes that dream offer comes along, and a decision must be made.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This recent trend to declare every departing employee as a disaffected failure of management or employment policy\/culture is disingenuous and lazy, in my humble opinion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Was it my former manager? That will be a funny discussion the next we have lunch (which is frequently).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Was it a breakdown in culture? I\u2019ll ask my wife, she still works there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Was it a lack of opportunity and future progression? I hope not, I effectively sent my youngest son there as a replacement earlier this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Or was it the opportunity to stop talking about desktop computing futures and start steering them?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The chance to do something new and exciting, and return to my inner childhood \u201cinventor\u201d?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All things SAS didn\u2019t offer, but not through any failing of their culture or policies. I took a drastic left turn, and it was no one\u2019s fault.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Frankly, my former employer was extremely accommodating through the process. Since then, we\u2019ve had several impromptu (and sometimes unofficial) partnership wins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So let\u2019s put down the broad brush and stop painting workplace migrations as a sweeping failure of management, culture, and\/or policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you want to know, you\u2019ll need to be more granular in your approach by asking the individuals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Spoiler alert, I think you\u2019ll find it\u2019s not nearly as negative as some are suggesting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lestersworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/3yrWork.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"175\" src=\"http:\/\/lestersworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/3yrWork.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-189\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lestersworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/3yrWork.jpg 800w, http:\/\/lestersworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/3yrWork-300x66.jpg 300w, http:\/\/lestersworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/3yrWork-768x168.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three years\u2026 already. I still frequently feel like a newb,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nerd-life","category-tellin-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/lestersworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/lestersworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/lestersworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lestersworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lestersworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=187"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/lestersworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":190,"href":"http:\/\/lestersworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187\/revisions\/190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/lestersworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lestersworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lestersworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}