Thursday, February 05, 2009
I need a change
The CEO of the company I work for just turned 30. That makes me nearly 6 years older than him, and where have I ended up? No place in particular. It’s just a little disconcerting to look out from under my rock and realize that the world is passing me by. Even my immediate boss is younger than me. In the past I’ve posted that I’m an unambitious person who has no desire to strive for more responsibility, that I was content being a grunt. I suppose that’s starting to change. The thought of passing 40 and being surrounded by coworkers at my level that are half my age does not please me. I need to do something about it.
Being a grunt means no one listens to you, that you are easily replaceable, and basically not all that important. As I was frying my egg this morning and munching on cereal, I was struck by the repetitiveness of it all. I’ve had the same breakfast at the same time practically every workday for years. I do have a high tolerance fore repetition, but eventually I get the itch to do something different.
The online video game group I talked about before? Gone. The money guy gave up trying to get funding, and with no one else willing to take up that cause, the wind pretty much left the sails. Without funding there’s no chance for success, so I gave up too. After I quit the group, there was pretty much no more leadership. Too bad, it could’ve been fun. But an interesting development did come out of it. The money guy, who seems very business savvy and ambitious, expressed how impressed he was with my work ethic and my contributions to that group, and asked me if I would be interested in joining the consultancy he was about to start. Naturally I was interested. It’s another opportunity to be on board something that could grow into something great, and if I’m at the ground level when it takes off, then success is mine.
Of course it could come to nothing, just like the video game group. But those are the risks, and considering he’s asking for no monetary investment, I think it’s a pretty safe risk to take. All I would lose is time. I really am becoming weary of being an organ grinder for companies who have no interest in my being anything other than an obedient monkey.
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