Taking a left turn

I'm halfway through the first real week of a new job. It's not a company change or a career "change" per sey. It's more of a left turn. Just like real left turns I had to wait to for a while for traffic to clear so I had an opening to go into but I've known that this is where I wanted to be for some time.

So the saga began in early May when one of the Software testers in engineering came and told me they had an opening on their team. I had applied for a couple of testing jobs already and talked to lots of people in engineering about being a tester and eventually becoming a developer. Well I sent my resume to the hiring manager only to find out that authorization for the position hadn't been approved yet but he'd let me know.

A week later I had a meeting with my boss and he asked if I was going to apply for anymore testing jobs. I said no because with school starting soon I was worried about trying to get back into school after a decade and learning a new job. School started and was just as I feared but my good wife keeps me focused. Then at the end of May, the hiring manager contacts me and says the position is open am I interested? I just don't know. I ask him if I can have the weekend and over the next few days I pray and stress about it. By Sunday night I know. So Monday I contact him and tell him I'm interested.

My boss wasn't happy but he shares some of the blame for me looking elsewhere. But I knew that this was a great opportunity and my schooling is to go into development so this gets me a foot in the door. I finally took the left turn.

With the help of my great wife, I've made the transition and found something wonderful!! This job is so much less stress that I can't even believe it! I don't dread coming into work knowing I have more work to do than I can accomplish. I don't prepare myself for dealing with whatever attitude my coworker decides to show up with or adopt during the day. It has not been so hard learning the new things as I have already been in school for a month and that part of my brain has been jump-started again.

And to cap it all off, I get to have a root canal on Friday. Joy just can't put into words how I feel about that.