l e n s b o x s t u d i o s

Change is one of those many constants in life.

Or at least it should be, to avoid being left behind, stagnating and losing touch with the ever-evolving, ever changing universe around us.

This month for me, brings change. A necessary one, but not one without it’s repercussions.

At the end of this month, I leave my position as a system administrator for a junior position at an information security architect, to begin studying towards being a senior security engineer, or some such mouthful.

7 years ago, I was a system administrator. Then the company I was with retrenched a good many of us. It was a big setback for my career. From then till now, I’ve stagnated, barely creeping forward, trying to regain that original status and now that I have it again, I find myself unhappy, needing change.

Change found me, this time around, in the form of one of the vendors at the company I was contracted to. He then suggested I meet with the security firm in question and did some ’selling’ on my behalf, to ease my way in.

I just wish I had more time to exit gracefully from where I am now. My timing is not the best for those involved and I’m afraid I may have lost more than just an employer in the process, but also one of my oldest colleagues.

Nothing to do now but finish what I started and move on. I cannot afford regrets anymore.