w00t! I am so fired!
I was fired today from my current position. I am extremely happy about it as I can now get back to doing what I do best, tech-gun-slinger-for-hire. I had been consulting for this start-up company all last year and in November they offered me a job with great pay and a healthy shot of 'juice'. I believed in what they were doing and very much liked the people there at the time so I took it even though I had been independent for 12+ years at that point. Everything went downhill when they hired a VP of engineering. He was a mid-tier startup manager who really has no ability to lead in an early tier startup environment. We clashed pretty quickly and I have been practically daring him to fire me for quite a while. I have really hated the place for the last two months and was considering resigning, but today they canned me and a couple of the other talents. I have plenty enough stashed and enough severence to hang for a while, but I immediately turned and signed a contract with a company that had been asking me to help them for quite some time. I was 'unemployed' for all of about four hours. I fly to Houston on Monday to start with the new gig.
Champagne tonight!
I was fired today from my current position. I am extremely happy about it as I can now get back to doing what I do best, tech-gun-slinger-for-hire. I had been consulting for this start-up company all last year and in November they offered me a job with great pay and a healthy shot of 'juice'. I believed in what they were doing and very much liked the people there at the time so I took it even though I had been independent for 12+ years at that point. Everything went downhill when they hired a VP of engineering. He was a mid-tier startup manager who really has no ability to lead in an early tier startup environment. We clashed pretty quickly and I have been practically daring him to fire me for quite a while. I have really hated the place for the last two months and was considering resigning, but today they canned me and a couple of the other talents. I have plenty enough stashed and enough severence to hang for a while, but I immediately turned and signed a contract with a company that had been asking me to help them for quite some time. I was 'unemployed' for all of about four hours. I fly to Houston on Monday to start with the new gig.
Champagne tonight!
I quit my job in Manhattan about two weeks ago and have been feeling much better since. Here's to tilling your own ship again.