Apart from being able to work with such generous and patient people throughout my career, I do have a story that always hits me right in the feels....
When I very first started out with a 'proper job', I was a network technician at a huge school. There was me and the network manager trying to put out fires and keep the network and around 500 PC's in working order.
The chap I worked with was one of the most grumpy, blunt, anti-people person that I'd ever met. He had such disdain for everyone and just about everything seemed to piss him off. Despite that, I could see this helpful streak in him and, although he seemed to have a very odd way of showing it, he genuinely went out of his way to help people. We seemed to get on OK and over the course of my employment, we had a really nice relationship and I like to think that my affable nature and positive outlook brought him out a little. I felt like I'd managed to bring a wounded and untrusting animal back from the brink.
Fast forward a couple of years and I'd reached the end of the road with that job. Nothing bad at all, but we all reach that point in our career, our job, when it's just time for the next thing. During my notice period (typically a month here in the UK), I helped my manager show some new candidates around the school, give them a flavour of what they'd be doing.
On one particular tour, the candidate asked a little about me and my manager, Billy, said 'Well he's a great colleague and works very hard. But more than that, you're not just replacing a colleague, he's much more than that. He's my friend'.
I mean, I'm not crying, you're crying...
He wrote me a fantastic recommendation letter and was so supportive throughout my early career. Couldn't have asked for a better place to work and I made a life long friend.
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Apart from being able to work with such generous and patient people throughout my career, I do have a story that always hits me right in the feels....
When I very first started out with a 'proper job', I was a network technician at a huge school. There was me and the network manager trying to put out fires and keep the network and around 500 PC's in working order.
The chap I worked with was one of the most grumpy, blunt, anti-people person that I'd ever met. He had such disdain for everyone and just about everything seemed to piss him off. Despite that, I could see this helpful streak in him and, although he seemed to have a very odd way of showing it, he genuinely went out of his way to help people. We seemed to get on OK and over the course of my employment, we had a really nice relationship and I like to think that my affable nature and positive outlook brought him out a little. I felt like I'd managed to bring a wounded and untrusting animal back from the brink.
Fast forward a couple of years and I'd reached the end of the road with that job. Nothing bad at all, but we all reach that point in our career, our job, when it's just time for the next thing. During my notice period (typically a month here in the UK), I helped my manager show some new candidates around the school, give them a flavour of what they'd be doing.
On one particular tour, the candidate asked a little about me and my manager, Billy, said 'Well he's a great colleague and works very hard. But more than that, you're not just replacing a colleague, he's much more than that. He's my friend'.
I mean, I'm not crying, you're crying...
He wrote me a fantastic recommendation letter and was so supportive throughout my early career. Couldn't have asked for a better place to work and I made a life long friend.