Today is the first day of the last week of a loooooong trip.
I started working at UGA almost 13 years ago as a student worker. I’ve technically worked here on three separate occasions. I started as a student worker then left to work some corporate gigs (and drop out of school the first time). I returned a couple years later and started to pursue a degree again. That lasted for a year or two before I left to work in Gwinnett County Public Schools (and dropped out a second time). At the time I thought I was gone from UGA for good. However, I still had the unfinished business of getting my degree. So after 5 years or so in GCPS I returned to UGA for the third time. I came back, finished my degree and changed career paths drastically.
Starting a week from today I’ll be a full time web developer. Which, is something I’ve been sort of pretending to be since about 2000. My goal in 2010 was to make the transition from wanna-be developer/design to full blown developer/designer. That goal became a reality thanks to W3BG. So I’ll be leaving UGA for what appears to be the final time. I look back fondly on the times I’ve spent here. I’ve enjoyed my time and I’ll always be a DAWG. But in an odd way I *finally* feel like I’m a “grown up” and have a career ahead of me. It’s both scary and exciting all at once…
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I'm jazzed for you, Uncle Sean! I know what it's like to have that scary and excited feeling all at once. I'm still working on the "feeling grown up" part though. Let's talk about your helping me with my website: DJordanLane.com to get my writing career in gear. Maybe we can "start" our new careers together. DJLane
Thanks Denise! Shoot me an email and we'll see what we can do with regards to your site. if it's alright with you I may also put you in touch with my wife, who I'm DESPERATELY trying to get started blogging, and y'all can talk getting writing careers off the ground!
You can tell the wife that there’s an opening in “blogs making fun of the BMX industry,” market…
Congrats on the new gig.
ROFL! I'll be sure to let her know. Who knows, she may actually find GOOD things in the BMX world since she hasn't been involved for 20+ years like you and I. Related, I finally returned an old Schwinn Predator to Dowker and managed to sell him a pair of Skyway Tuff II mags. I'm hoping he'll pull that one out at Twilight this year!