Moving on

Jul

2006

Moving on

Today I turned in my resignation at the bank.

I'm taking a job with a transportation company doing PHP development. I'm going to be a real live programmer. Over the last few months I've realized two things: 1) I'm spending a good deal of my time at the bank doing banking things (loan processing, teller, etc), which I do not find interesting or exciting, and 2) I'm not making very much money, compared to other IT workers. This new job will fix both of those problems.

My last day at the bank is July 21 and I'll start at the new job on July 31. I will be driving about 55 miles to Kansas City, but at least I have a car that gets good mileage now. This will be my first full-time programming job and I'll be working with a team on a project that is already underway. It should be a great learning experience.

Posted by dan in family/personal . It contains 151 words and has been viewed 3069 times. 9 comments »

9 comments

Congrats man. That sounds like a great and interesting career step! I'm jealous.

Brendon [Visitor]

• http://www.techfreak.net• 07/11/06 @ 13:23

Congrats!!

I am jealous too...

dave [Visitor]

• http://www.mindfulmission.com• 07/11/06 @ 14:01

That is awesome.

Congrats!

Henry [Visitor]

• http://hundiejo.com• 07/11/06 @ 15:21

Excellent news! Up yours, Bank! Banks suck! (Wait, is that what you were saying?)

peter [Member]

• 07/11/06 @ 15:39

congratulations on the new job man. Maybe you can pull an Office Space before you leave the bank. Nobody will notice when only a fraction of a penny is missing.

Lucas [Visitor]

• http://www.brendoman.com/wardwords• 07/11/06 @ 19:03

Sweet dude. I'm happy for you and your geeky job.

brendoman [Visitor]

• http://brendoman.com• 07/12/06 @ 02:39

That's great news. New cars and new jobs. It's the summer for fun. Will they give you a new laptop, too?

Tim [Visitor]

• 07/12/06 @ 21:55

Hey Danny. We are really proud of you for taking this stepping stone. As Emma told me, your new car was good for the earth; I think you will also be good for the earth (ha!) and whatever you want to be. Hang in there!

Mom Williams [Visitor]

• 07/13/06 @ 22:49