Appajee, We all understand the hard choices that we sometimes need to make. Especially when giving up the familiar financial security and walking into the unknown.
Good luck with your future and maybe with luck it will involve connections with those on the ARS List. Dave ________________________________ From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:arsl...@arslist.org] On Behalf Of Appajee Papolu Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2010 11:28 PM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: OT: Appajee... ** Hi [Sincere apologies for OT and this long note. I am re-posting this note as my previous attempt did not make it to ARSLIST (it appears to be)] After a long 12 years at BMC Software, I have recently decided it was time for me to move on and pursue other interests. So I left BMC on 01/29/10, yes, you can say that was the result of New Year's resolutions! :-) My personal contact is (appa...@gmail.com<mailto:appa...@gmail.com>) if at all needed. I would greatly appreciate offline communication directed at my email, especially if the topic is unrelated to the business of ARSLIST. In other words, I do not want to get scolded, for spamming or causing one, by ARSLIST admins :-) If you care to read along -- I have been itching to do some thing new for a while. But then again, your job or situation or family or whatever -- there always have been just enough things to engage your attention, sustain your passion and so on - to keep you going in status-quo mode. There always seemed to be the time was never right, things are flowing at their pace and you're in your comfort zone etc. On the flip side, the most precious asset all of us have "the time" is slipping away too. In other words, I am not getting any younger. So During this Christmas break - I thought a lot, my wife & I discussed amongst us a lot and of course we discussed as family with our kids too in a way they can understand. Finally we made the call that I get to do some thing new this year. So 2010 is my year of change and thusly I quit my job end of Jan. Of course it is a hard decision - we decided to make some sacrifices, venture into the unknown. The plan is - I come out of my previous employment, take a breather, then look at other opportunities - starting up some thing new by myself (or) working with some one doing so (or) find work at different (preferably small/dynamic) place as its quite possible that simply change of place/work/situation may rejuvenate fresh perspective into things. Reflections thus far - I do not miss working at BMC at all <g> even though I am friends with some of the nicest folks there and contributed to few things that I am very proud of. (a) I have been quite busy with a bunch of reading up things mainly in web, cloud areas and a little in mobile. (b) We have recently finished big size landscaping project at my home - kept me very busy as I acted as owner/contractor myself and hired a couple of guys to do the job. We did a lot - we demolished our swimming pool, dirt filled it, poured stamped concrete in the backyard, built a pergola, painted the home exterior, slate tiled the front porch, entryway, and more. I think it does give a great new look to our old home. Well, now I am trying to do some thing similar with myself too in terms of work/interests! :-) Would love to keep in touch, my personal contact info below. Thanks Appajee appa...@gmail.com<mailto:appa...@gmail.com> [Yes, this content is from a note I previously wrote, now with few edits. Wonderful copy-paste!! :-)] _attend WWRUG10 www.wwrug.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"_ _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org attend wwrug10 www.wwrug.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"
