GraceOMalley_IHB
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Next Monday I start a new job, with an old boss.
Someone I helped start his company in the 90's. The company is still profitable and is still viable and I know without question I was a major part of making that happen. That being said, its been nearly a year since I have had a job offer I am proud of. For this new one, I am proud for several reasons.
Its been almost 10 years to the day (give or take a week) that I was hired to Netzero. It is without a question the best job I have ever had. Because even though our hopes were regularly shredded, our faith in one another never wavered. The people I did that job with, I am forever bonded to and grateful for, the same way that I was bonded to someone from camp you shared a major accomplishment with. We did so many things, back then, that were nothing short of miraculous. A few of us started that company from this guys garage to IPO, in a little over 9 months.
This was my second IPO, I had also helped make Earthlink happen, but this company, it was personal and I was deeply, personally invested in it.
To this day I have followed his career, and though hes has many opportunities to list the incredible things hes done, he has never ever wavered from his original ideals. He never intended to exploit anyone nor to take advantage of anyone in his employ. For that he has my unending respect, because there have been so many times he could have used it to benefit him self or the company. But he chose to do what was best for the person.
This person.. he never went to college. He married his childhood sweetheart, just out of High School, and try as anyone might, its impossible to find him in the gossip type reads. Hes like anyones 48 year old uncle or father. Hes just a normal guy devoted to his family uninterested in his ego and always surprised at the brilliance and humor of his kids. Hes someone Id work for again in a minute.
I am so happy, so excited to be part of his new venture. I cant even begin to explain to IHB how much it means to me, that he wants me as part of his new team.
Someone I helped start his company in the 90's. The company is still profitable and is still viable and I know without question I was a major part of making that happen. That being said, its been nearly a year since I have had a job offer I am proud of. For this new one, I am proud for several reasons.
Its been almost 10 years to the day (give or take a week) that I was hired to Netzero. It is without a question the best job I have ever had. Because even though our hopes were regularly shredded, our faith in one another never wavered. The people I did that job with, I am forever bonded to and grateful for, the same way that I was bonded to someone from camp you shared a major accomplishment with. We did so many things, back then, that were nothing short of miraculous. A few of us started that company from this guys garage to IPO, in a little over 9 months.
This was my second IPO, I had also helped make Earthlink happen, but this company, it was personal and I was deeply, personally invested in it.
To this day I have followed his career, and though hes has many opportunities to list the incredible things hes done, he has never ever wavered from his original ideals. He never intended to exploit anyone nor to take advantage of anyone in his employ. For that he has my unending respect, because there have been so many times he could have used it to benefit him self or the company. But he chose to do what was best for the person.
This person.. he never went to college. He married his childhood sweetheart, just out of High School, and try as anyone might, its impossible to find him in the gossip type reads. Hes like anyones 48 year old uncle or father. Hes just a normal guy devoted to his family uninterested in his ego and always surprised at the brilliance and humor of his kids. Hes someone Id work for again in a minute.
I am so happy, so excited to be part of his new venture. I cant even begin to explain to IHB how much it means to me, that he wants me as part of his new team.
