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I’ve worked at ESPN for eight years. I started as a summer intern in the Unix group three days after I graduated high school. Shortly after, I was offered a full time position, and I’ve been there ever since. Longer than any relationship I’ve ever been in, longer than any place I’ve ever lived, and way longer than any motorcycle I’ve ever owned. This past Friday, was my last day.

Many people we’re pretty confused as to why I was leaving (my boss especially). I wasn’t unhappy with the job, the money, or any of the people I worked with. However, I found myself feeling rather complacent with the job. With a medium-sized company like ESPN, jobs and skillsets are streamlined and tailored to specific categories. One group manages everything relating to the network, one group manages the web sites, one group manages the servers, and there is even one group responsible for placing fake coyote’s around the campus to discourage the families of geese that make the campus their home every year.

Monday I start with a small consulting company with big dreams, and bigger shoes. Run by three great guys who don’t have time to bicker at eachother over ego’s or step on eachother to climb up a ladder of rank. The only thing we have time to do is work hard. I’ll be working from my home office most of the time, coming into the office for meetings and so they remember what I look like. I’ll be working on just about every technology, and even some that don’t exist yet.

ESPN, so long and thanks for all the fish. Here’s to the next eight years.