A good buddy just emailed me with the following statement
Don't you feel like a dork for griping, when so many people don't have jobs at all? I do. But it sucks to have a job that you used to love, that isn't fun and interesting anymore.
I have an interesting way of dealing with difficult situations. One, I pout like a three year old denied a lollipop. Two, I tend to tell myself that what I'm trying to do is impossible. Once I've got it in my head that there is no way to get something done, I'm now challenged and will not sleep until it's complete.
I'm not thrilled with the position I've been tossed into here at work. I'm not ready to call it quits yet, really I've done nothing today that deserves it. In fact, there might be opportunities if I just look for them.
What bothers me is I worked hard to get to where I was and now am, for all intents and purposes, starting over. I've been the "go to guy" for so long that not knowing crap irritates me. I don't know the environment, the languages used (well, Java and JavaScript, but I just don't work with those enough to be comfortable), nor does anyone seem to have any idea what the end result of my move should be. "Make it work" sounds easy until you realize nobody knows what "it" is.
So, I know there's plenty of you out there who are struggling for actual employment. Pardon my grousing, it's just what I do to cope with stuff. Now that I have the ability to grouse loudly to all 4 billion people with Internet access, it's just louder.
Finally, I love my family. I would never do anything that could possible harm them in any way. If that meant taking on a third job flipping burgers, then that's what I do. So, much of my bitching and moaning is just sound and fury, signifying nothing. I wouldn't any more get up and quit and put them in harms way than... well, I dunno.
Thanks all for listening to me bitch. I know, there's more important things to worry about.