Yes, I’m a quitter
Recently, I left my reasonably secure job at Public Works and Government Services Canada to join a start-up. The timing is not, as some might say, ideal—we’re expecting our first baby in October—but I decided to make the leap anyway.
My job description remains pretty much the same: I’m still a web developer working under the direction of someone else’s vision. But so far, in the last three months, I’m working 200% harder and I’m 1000% happier.
Probably the top reason is the lack of corporate firewall… Not only is it unfeasible to maintain a firewall for the purposes of controlling employee productivity here (as it is pretty nearly anywhere), there just really isn’t a need. And we didn’t have to write long-winded business casses to convince anyone that we don’t need one… we just knew.
Another thing I really love is that I don’t have to wait for some manager to “go to bat” for me if I want something changed. I can just go to talk to the CEO in the next room and talk to him about stuff.
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