I said goodbye to a few good friends and a few peers on Friday. I wish them all well and I will miss them. “How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.”
As for myself, after a month of agonizing over this decision I decided to stay after 12 years. Why? Because I like what I do and the team I work on is great. My boss can be very tough on me at times but she has always had my back. It was my decision, mine only to stay and I own that. I work hard and I am paid extremely well for it. There are no opportunities out there better then what I have here. The grass is the same green on both sides of the fence. Will I get laid off some day? Yes, very likely but until then, my life is good. I work to live.