After nearly 20 years with my current employer, I unexpectedly came across a new job opportunity. I was not actively looking, but the new position offers considerable promise and growth, so I took the new company up on its offer. It’s a strange time for me, moving from the familiar to the unfamiliar, out with the old and in with the new. Laissez-faire to more conservative work culture.

The new company has been around a long time, and is a different field than my present company. There will be a lot of new skills to learn and old ones to polish, and probably a lot busier as the company is much larger.  The commute time and distance is nearly identical, but now is south towards the Big City.

It will be a major change for me and my family, no two ways about it, and I will miss my coworkers.