Letting Go – Regardless of Consequence
I like what I do - I really do. I like the company I work for - there are a lot of nice folks here, and I generally like the decisions that management makes. But as with every life a little rain must fall, there are times that your time in a group is done, and it's best to move on. The ideas that shaped the group and got it to this point were necessary and good, but now it's time to let someone else take over and take it from here.
Of course, that's not how it feels.
It feels like the new folks to the business think they have a monopoly on the project even though they just joined the company. It feels like they have no respect for the ideas the project was built on, so that their changes to the codebase make no sense, and in fact are counter to the goals that the project was built on.
It feels like they are being jerks.
And who knows… maybe they are. Maybe they aren't. It's not only impossible to tell, it's also completely unimportant. You find yourself in the minority and it's time to move on. No anger, no grief… maybe a bit of sadness for what's been lost, but loss is part of life. You can't allow the project to be what the new blood wants it to be - sees it to be in their minds, if you're there holding them back.
It's also not really fair to just sit in the group and allow the changes to occur around you. That's just gold bricking. Yeah, you know the code, yeah, you like the project, but it's all going in a different direction and it's time to just cut the cord. Allow the project to be what it will be under their stewardship.
It's time for me to move out of this group. As much as I'd like to keep working on what I'm doing, it's not good for the group or me.