New beginnings

I've rejoined the corporate world. For the past year and a half I've been a consultant, chiefly working with the companies under one umbrella organization. In that role I took over a recently vacated developer position to tie up some loose ends. Of course, as is often the case, that work wasn't really about that work per se; rather, it was about the larger question of build vs. buy. The circumstances of my arrival facilitated a choice in the latter, and a year later my main work has been to transition two companies over to a new operations systems that they use day to day to perform the key work of their business. Of course, along the way the graphic artist left, too, and so another part of my work was to identify vendors to take over that work. Oh, and the network/system administrator left, too, so I took on those tasks as well. Oh yeah, there was the data center move, too - did I mention the new building? And the new line of business. And the hiring of a 1/2 FTE, thankfully, too. Not that I'm complaining, mind you - it was all good work, and good people to work with, too. But there are those times when you learn of opportunities and people that you've thought would be good to work with or for (in fact, I maintain a list), and too many factors lined up and said it was time to pursue a chance before it disappeared.