My last day…

Tomorrow is my last day as an Intel employee. Sad? A little.

Excited for what’s next: DEFINITELY!!!

While I’m a bit schmultzy, I’m generally more into what’s next. (When I was little for instance, I would excitedly tell my mom that “next year I’ll be 10!” And she’d tell me…”but you’re not even nine yet.” Which was true, but I was right too…..there’s a part of the year when next year you’ll be two numbers older than you currently are.) I’m rambling…but this just to say that I was always, or rather, always wanted to be ahead of myself.

I have, in the past two years at Intel, been frustrated by many things. I ranted about our ridiculous corporate vocab, excessively text-heavy boring-ass PowerPoint presentations, and our often incommunicado executives. BUT…then I’d go to conferences, talk with other communicators, see other people’s intranets and realize that despite it all, we have it pretty good at Intel. We’re not perfect. But we know it and there are a ton of brilliant, hard-working people always looking to make things better. It’s been a pleasure working with these people. I will miss them…though I’m certain through FaceBook, LinkedIn, Friendster (yeah I still have that old page), and getting together over drinks (my preferred method of “social networking”) we will stay in touch.

Thanks Intel….it’s been great. I mean: The time elapsed over the past eight quarters resulted in a strategic impact upon my qualifications and overall enjoyment. So thanks.