I recently was offered a position at University Relations to work on a team of developers for my University’s site. Their current PHP developer is moving to Lawrence, KS and I heard about this through a friend. After submitting an application and having a sit down with the head of the development team, I was offered the job. This would have been perfect, if not for one little problem. I already had a job across campus as webmaster of the VirtualCollege.

So there I was with a comfortable job already established. People that I got along with great, but a definite lack of extending my knowledge of programing for the web. I needed a platform to be able to dig down deeper into what I love to do, which is working with programming languages such as php, and Django. Also working with web standards and css. I thought about somehow working the two jobs at once, but decided that would be spreading myself too thin. So I just decided that my webmaster job would have to end.

As I went into work yesterday I was very nervous. This being my first real job outside of working for my family, and I was not used to quitting. I figured that talking to my bosses should be the first thing I do before my daily morning e-mail checking rituals. As I walked into my secondary boss’s office I began to get very nervous. I was not sure how she would react seeing as though this just came on all of a sudden without any warning. So I sat down and explained to her about wanting to go further in my field and how fixing links, and other basic website upkeeps weren’t getting me anywhere. I could tell that she wasn’t too happy about my decision, but understood where I was coming from. After we finished up discussing why I felt I needed to leave she asked me if I had told Dennis, our superior, and I told her I hadn’t. As I finished the sentence, guess who walks through the door. “Oh Shit!” That was the first thing that came to my thoughts. What perfect timing that was.
As a side note, if you know me, then you will know that I am just unlucky when it comes to situations of irony such as that one.
As Dennis walked in and asked Janis for something that totally flew over my head that happened to be spinning, she gave him a look that anybody would be able to tell that she was saying “Dylan has something to tell you, and you’re going to be angry.” He hid the anger as I retold my story, even if you could see it mustering under his skin. After all was said and done we stood there and talked about replacing my position, and the time it would take. I agreed to stay on for a while to keep things running smoothly, and to help train whoever came in to replace me, which was fine with both my current and new employers. I am very thankful that I was able to go through that experience without burning any bridges. My co-workers are my very good friends, and leaving on bad terms with any of them would have left me feeling very guilty.

In the end though, I realized that you have to do what is best for you. If you feel like your skills are being underused, or an opportunity drops into your lap like that you have to take it. It would be terrible to pass something like that up, and then look back and wonder about what woulda, coulda, shoulda. I hope that my new job is going to give me a leg up in my field and open up my way to greater opportunities, and chances to grow in knowledge as well as in life.

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