In 2003, I stood on the threshold where you are teetering. I looked back at a fun and exciting career that spanned the entire spectrum of IT, and carried my family all over the US, to Saudi, Iceland, Japan, and Thailand. And I was bored out of my skull. I made the jump back to the hills from whence I came and went into business for myself. Five years later, almost to the day, I realized that I was disillusioned with life -- not IT. My savings account ran dry; my relationships with my wife and kids went shallow; and my brain atrophied. I begged, borrowed, and stole to break back into corporate IT last month and I am VERY HAPPY. I don't usually give advice (and I wonder if you'll read this with all the postings), but here it is: dig deep into yourself to make sure the source of your boredom is IT. If it is, make a plan that won't erode your relationships. And finally, have an escape route in case you find your decision was a blunder.
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When Stuxnet first emerged, nearly every article touted how this was a "game changerhttp://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2010-11/stuxnet-worm-game-changer-global-cybersecurity-top-us-official-says/." Now, Kasperky so confidently says, âoeWhoever commissioned Stuxnet also commissioned Flame.â Why can't this be a copycat? Everyone predicted that copycats will emerge... and Stuxnet source code was readily available.
In 2003, I stood on the threshold where you are teetering. I looked back at a fun and exciting career that spanned the entire spectrum of IT, and carried my family all over the US, to Saudi, Iceland, Japan, and Thailand. And I was bored out of my skull. I made the jump back to the hills from whence I came and went into business for myself. Five years later, almost to the day, I realized that I was disillusioned with life -- not IT. My savings account ran dry; my relationships with my wife and kids went shallow; and my brain atrophied. I begged, borrowed, and stole to break back into corporate IT last month and I am VERY HAPPY. I don't usually give advice (and I wonder if you'll read this with all the postings), but here it is: dig deep into yourself to make sure the source of your boredom is IT. If it is, make a plan that won't erode your relationships. And finally, have an escape route in case you find your decision was a blunder.