In the past, I’ve always worked on jobs that have had a definite end: temporary positions and limited work visas.  My last job was the first that I’ve actually had to quit, which is an unusual state of affairs.  On one hand, it’s great to have found an exciting new job, and you want to shout about it, but on the other, you feel like you’re abandoning your colleagues and friends by moving on.

Leaving Optimor was probably quite a difficult place to start.  I’ve been there since the company first opened its offices, and I was a quarter of the development team, so quite a lot of weight was on my shoulders.  Handing in my notice felt pretty awful, but I suppose it was that weight that made me do it, in the end.  I think that this sort of thing should be kept professional, and I should try my best to think only of the career opportunities and the future rather than the amount of work I’m dumping on my friends by leaving, but it’s difficult to separate the professional from the personal. 

I do feel bad about leaving so much work behind, but I think I achieved a hell of a lot at Optimor and I’m very happy with what I did there.  In the past three years we’ve built an incredible website that does a lot more than it should be able to, we’ve been in the news papers countless times and on TV twice, including a full feature on The One Show.  It’s been epic, and I hope that I can make my next project just as huge.