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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Biggie" data-source="post: 283214" data-attributes="member: 24034">[USER=13221]@DallasFanForever[/USER] after starting a job that was just to keep me in "Beer 'n Fun money" as a know it all man of the world at 23 years old. Planning  to stay not too long. Keeping all the others at arms length, because... "hey, no point remembering their names, I'm gonna be out of here way soon"  That was April 1999.I wept alone in my office on a Thursday afternoon sending my final farewell email to the strangers that became my colleagues and friends and people I only ever knew via email. The Friday was to be my last day at the company and I was overwhelmed by something that wasn't grief or sadness but breaking bonds that had developed was surprisingly difficult.  At 23 I could not envisage how long I would have stayed, how I would apply myself and become a respected colleague, earn their trust, put in charge of a team, share problems outside of work, hear about their family lives and take note. Learn how to deal with the difficult people while remaining professional. And so much more. My final day was about a week shy of  what would have been my 20 year anniversary with the company.  I left a better man because of working there, through the good, the bad and the very ugly. Four weeks ago I started with a new company in the same sector. I'm looking forward to the good, the bad and the very ugly.</blockquote>