Last Post?

I want to thank everyone for their readership and their support. I had entirely different hopes for this site when it began and it certainly has been an interesting several months. I had not expected the online community I would inevitably become a part of. I think it's wonderful that non-profit technology has its own niche on the web and that its people support each other to get through those tight budgets and impossible demands. Also nice was to see that non-profit technology isn't nearly as limited as it is perceived to be.

This experience and the birth of my children have changed my goals quite a bit. Initially I had considered finding another non-profit position. As one commenter suggested, there is a great position at NPowerNY that I had recently interviewed for. But I think I'm done with non-profit. At least for now. I'm looking at corporate - the bigger the better. I need something different, a fresh start. I'm not sure I'll find what I'm looking for in corporate but we'll see.

The interview for the position with NPowerNY was eye opening. I do consider myself to be knowledgeable, however what I had not considered was the limiting factors being tied to one small company can impose. This was never more apparent then when NPower had me teched out. I didn't get the position specifically for this reason. I don't setup domains and Exchange servers everyday, nor do I deal with multiple types of configurations regularly. I don't have a dependable test environment and sometimes, to reduce downtime and risk, I will call upon a consultant with more experience in certain matters. As a result there are holes in my knowledge much larger than I expected. While NPowerNY didn't feel I belonged in that role, they did want to try me in another. As I mentioned, after the birth of my children my mindset changed. Maybe I'm just at a very confusing point in my life but I reluctantly declined. Maybe in the future I will have the opportunity to work with them again. In the meantime, I should brush up on my skills.

The resignation was long coming but the act was spontaneous. The situation was soon to become even worse and it was not worth it for me to continue here until a job I wanted came along. The time off will give me a chance to spend some more time with my newborns with less on my mind. I've never resigned under such circumstances. I've never known such a hostile and negative work environment. What an experience.

Now I'm winding down; documenting and hoping to perform a full knowledge transfer once a replacement is hired. My anger towards Boss does not extend towards the organization. In the end, good is being done and I have no interest in penalizing the company by leaving them without an IT resource.

Again, thanks to everyone for all your support. I'm not sure what I'm going to do with this site now that I think I'm done with non-profit. I'll leave it up for a while and see what happens.

Goodbye, all. Good luck and see you around.


-Former Non-Profit IT Manager