Oh how time flies! In about a month, I'll be one year away from being vested with my current employer. With that in mind, I feel like I'm staring down a long winding road where I can see that there's definitely a fork in the road up far ahead.

This means, that I have roughly a year to decide if I want to stay or break away to find a greener pasture. Don't get me wrong. I don't dislike my current job. It's a fun place to work at and the people are nice. I can see myself staying there for awhile, but, I'm just worried that I'm not growing there.

The industry that my company is in is notoriously known for being a sloth when it comes to adopting current technology let alone new ones. I'm just worried that I'm falling behind and that I'll end up being a washed-up code monkey before I'm 40.

There had been many times when I was offered the opportunity to work somewhere else that seemed very exciting, but I decided that I would be prudent and stick it out until I become vested. I have no regrets.

So now here I am staring at the loaded barrel of a life changing moment set to go off in a little over twelve months. Will I stay or will I go? I'll have to assess my life in about six months and see how things are going. At that point, I'll know what to do.

Labels: confession, life, planning