It’s official – I’m leaving my job

After 7 years at my current company, I am going to be leaving.   My last day won’t be until July 30th – a long lead time so that we can have overlap between me and the new person (once they are hired).  I am giving up my status as the person in the company with the most longevity.  I started at my company a couple weeks after it was founded.  I ended up surviving all the founders and the 10 or so other people who had been hired before me. 

This decision, along with working it out with my company has preoccupied me the last six weeks or so.  I have been both stressed and distracted during this time (although I should just trust in God – he always takes care of me).  It has been a contributing factor in both my decreased blogging and my near non-existent exercising.  Excuses, I know, but that’s for another post (and yes, I will be getting back on the exercise wagon).

I am leaving to start a business with Brad (ie Zappoman) and Lisa, my wife.  Anyone who has been following Zappoman knows he has been working on something since around the beginning of the year.  Brad and I worked together at my current company (Brad left at the end of the year), and we have always been in synch in our beliefs as to how we would want to run a business.  In addition, we just like hanging out with each other.  We get along in all respects except for one – he cycles too fast for me to keep up (the jerk!).

Stay tuned.  We are close to being ready to announce our new venture.