Happy New Year

[Peter Korsten]

Op 1-1-2016 om 12:48 schreef Jay Vaughan (ibisum):

> Thats a huge change for you Peter, I know that your job is very important to you - so I hope you experience a great relief and some new-found freedoms in your next position.  Good luck!

It's what pays my internet connection, so that I can follow Facebook to 
read Declan bitching about the Irish government, Gert about conspiracy 
theories, Mohsen post pictures from all over the world, Dave S. pushing 
his anarchist agenda from the middle of nowhere (also known as 'Wales'), 
and you featuring some obscure new technology that nobody really cares 
about. ;)

The decision itself (to leave my job) took mere seconds. Finding a new 
one took six months. Then I had the legally required twelve (!) weeks 
notice period, which is finally drawing to an end.

This next job for me is definitely one to deal with the frustration in 
my current one. It'll be just Java, and not Java, and code reviews, and 
helpdesks, and JIRA, and Confluence, and Subversion, and Jenkins, and 
Artifactory, and god knows what else I'm doing. I'm very careful not to 
label it as an 'in between' job, because it isn't; it's definitely a 
step up. But I don't think I'll be staying for another 15 years.

And yes, it's an entry into the online gambling/betting industry. If you 
work in IT, and you don't mind year-round sunshine, and you're willing 
to work for a wage that would be considered average in the Netherlands 
for a similar position: they're happy to hire you, and help you move.

- Peter