More slacking. I know, bad kev, no donut.<\/p>\n
The last couple weeks have been fairly hectic, and I Haven’t been terribly inspired to provide updates. The updates also have seemed a little inane of late, what with some<\/a> people<\/a> around<\/a> here<\/a> writing actual content. With any luck my brain will start to come back, but if Rachel keeps messing up my brain like she did this morning, I will not hold my breath.<\/p>\n Work at my old place of employment wrapped up last week. I didn’t finish anywhere near what I wanted to get done before I left, but I guess that’s ok. New people have been hired, other people are moving around within the organisation, and management has finally realised they need to invest a little more in the portfolio. It’ll be a tough year, but they’ve characterised it as a rebuilding year, so they’ll have a little slack. I wish them all the best, and hope the new folks turn it around.<\/p>\n As coop pointed out<\/a>, I was very unhappy where I was. It always surprises me how when something is finally over, no matter how bad it was, there’s always some level of sorrow or regret. Thankfully, it hasn’t lasted. I left on pretty good terms with everyone, which is about all I can ask for. I don’t plan on ever going back, but you never know what the future holds.<\/p>\n I started my new role this week, and have a lot of reading to do. I’ll be doing some consulting, as well as some strategy and business development work in a field I’m comfortable with. I’m joining at an interesting time, where there’s been a fairly large shift in focus in North America from a strategic selling side. I’ve worked with all the folks on my team before, but that was as a customer, so this will be a little different. I’m looking forward to it. In keeping with that whole “kev doesn’t really want to get dooced”, I will not be mentioning my place of work by name here. I’ll also try and obscure what I’m doing specifically. It’s intentional, and it’s not without reason<\/a>.<\/p>\n