I’ve been in the industry since 1998, in that time I’ve only worked for 3 different companies. Sure I’ve done consulting for many more than that but I’ve really only hung my hat at 3 different businesses. The first place I worked for was a small computer shop in my home town. I worked there for 2 years and loved it, I still remember how hard it was to give my 2 weeks notice. The second place I worked was an e-commerce company right after the dot-bomb. I stayed there for 6 years but it felt like a lifetime. We worked many long nights figuring out how to make e-commerce work. After six years I decided to move on and try something new, which lead me to my current company, one of the largest business VOIP providers in Canada. My team was able to deploy an advanced network with POP’s across Canada in 90 days, definitely trial by fire.
Well, it’s come to that time again, I’m moving on once again. This time to my first large (7000+ employees) company. Part of me is excited to get in there and learn, the other part is scared of change. I will be part of a small Unix team running a variety of UNIX/Linux systems, most notably a Linux rendering farm.
I guess I’ll have more updates as I get into my new job.
It was nice to work with you in the e-commerce field, and I’m sure you have enough knowledge and professionalism to administer almost anything in any context.
My experience with two very large companies (40000+ employees) is that they have a lot of rules, structures, layers, and legacy. It’s fun, but it’s never like working in a startup, where you know that if you do not put that server up the next day the owner will throw himself through the window.
Many long hours and many stomach aches from eating dirty bird. It was fun to work together.