Today is the birthday of a former Uni friend and work colleague. We have been through a lot together. We failed similar subjects at Uni, We did several uni assignments together, spent countless nights intoxicated at UTS bar and have similar tastes in music.
In our final years of uni, we both secured full time employment at an ISP. We did our penance and started on Phone support. He ventured in to test based interactions and I dabbled into a few different areas but after a few years there we both knew that the job wasn't for us.
Our ministry is very volatile. My friend started a work before me, and in that time, the company changed ownership and names 3 times. Members went up and crashed down. there were several waves of redundancies and we kept ducking the water. We were both very bored there and needed new challenges but also wanted our redundancy packages before leaving.
One day, not long after knocking up his 5 years, my friend had drawn his line in the sand and resigned and moved to Ireland. Whilst I commend his courage, his timing was slightly off as had he waited 3 months, he would have received his redundancy package like the rest of us.
He still works in the ISP industry but is more into the sales side now. He is well settled and has a long term girlfriend there now. I haven't visited him or seen him in a few years now, but still think of him from time to time, particularly on this day.
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