Nice article Marc, very inspiring. I am currently fighting with the confusion in my head on what direction to go in at present, so this was great to read. Thanks for contributing.
Thank Bill. With what confusion are you fighting exactly? Is there something I can try to bring some perspective to? I'm glad to listen and give advice if I can.
Well, I too am depended on. The company I work at gave me my first job and started my career. This makes it really tough for me to justify in my head that I should walk away and do my own thing, even though at the same time it feels like that is what I should do.
They gave me a job when I needed one too. I adapted a lead role very quickly and designed most of the newer modules on the stack. BUT: I also contributed a lot during the years. They went from 5 digits in utilities to 7 digits in the time I were there. Obviously not saying that it was all because of me. But I’d like to think I added to that.
Also, I gave them a 6 months notice. And already mentioned that I wanted to leave a year before. They had time to prepare.
And even if you made friends there: It’s still business. You need to invest in yourself. I know that’s hard. I battled with my decision a lot. And I got offered a lot of very tempting offers to stay. But at the end, I knew what I wanted for myself. And it was probably the best decision I could have made.
If you feel “guilty” for letting down the company: Give them plenty of time ahead to plan your departure. Also, you can offer yourself to keep working on a freelance basis if they need for for important things.
They will (at least should) be happy for your decision to follow what you want.
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Nice article Marc, very inspiring. I am currently fighting with the confusion in my head on what direction to go in at present, so this was great to read. Thanks for contributing.
Thank Bill. With what confusion are you fighting exactly? Is there something I can try to bring some perspective to? I'm glad to listen and give advice if I can.
Well, I too am depended on. The company I work at gave me my first job and started my career. This makes it really tough for me to justify in my head that I should walk away and do my own thing, even though at the same time it feels like that is what I should do.
They gave me a job when I needed one too. I adapted a lead role very quickly and designed most of the newer modules on the stack. BUT: I also contributed a lot during the years. They went from 5 digits in utilities to 7 digits in the time I were there. Obviously not saying that it was all because of me. But I’d like to think I added to that.
Also, I gave them a 6 months notice. And already mentioned that I wanted to leave a year before. They had time to prepare.
And even if you made friends there: It’s still business. You need to invest in yourself. I know that’s hard. I battled with my decision a lot. And I got offered a lot of very tempting offers to stay. But at the end, I knew what I wanted for myself. And it was probably the best decision I could have made.
If you feel “guilty” for letting down the company: Give them plenty of time ahead to plan your departure. Also, you can offer yourself to keep working on a freelance basis if they need for for important things.
They will (at least should) be happy for your decision to follow what you want.