Leaving a job after four years is difficult. You get used to the people, the places, the things. (Hist: The things are also people. Okay okay, the people, the places, the… other… people! For reference read The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy!)
The company I work for is on the verge of shutting shop, so I’m out looking for a new job. That’s not necessarily too hard for a techie in Bangalore. Maybe I should write my own song Ah’m a techie, Ah’m a techie, in Bangalore *grin*.
But it’s still scary. It’s a cold world out there… okay, not because Bangalore temperatures seem to be reaching boiling point – but you know what I mean!
Now, of course, you’re saying – Ah! he’s using humour as an antidote to tension. Too true.
I’m tense because I’m looking for a new job. I’m tense because I’m leaving a place I’ve worked at for four years and I’ve had good times there (bad times too, but let’s not talk about that on my blog!). I’m tense because A is giving me these dirty looks (quickly hidden) which say something like ‘I told you to change your job long ago, I never liked your boss anyway!’. I’m tense because I don’t adapt well to change – it’s not that I can’t cope. Of course I can cope, but it’s not easy. And to top it off, I’m not a natural extrovert. So I have to make an effort every time I need to meet or talk to someone I don’t meet regularly. And of course, when you’re job hunting, you need to meet and talk and interact with a bunch of strangers! Wow! Whatafunthing I hear you extroverts out there going! But not for me, you see.
So while the going is good, I hope to wheedle out every ounce of sympathy from anybody who is willing to give it – and a job at the end of it, I hope!
