Well, so I finally get to work in an environment that uses a real, enterprise-level backup software that has real command line functionality. Yup, the complete opposite of Backup Express, where I had to keep bugging their tech support to get any real response, and even then, the scripts they gave me they didn’t really support, as they say using their command line can corrupt their catalog database. I mean, the support folks were really, really helpful and knowledgeable, but I’d just been fed up with the lack of command line support and scriptability. I put in a support case for this, but didn’t sound like it would be integrated into the product anytime soon. Nonetheless, in the environment of the job I’m leaving, there aren’t that many machines, so doing backup was somewhat bearable.
The new job wil be a 24×7, on call environment … a return to the job I had a couple years ago working in a data center. Less of a commute, and plenty of opportunities to learn new stuff. I start May 8th. Dunno how often I’ll be able to update this blog, though.
Documenting what I’ve done in the past four years has been a little tedious – even though I document my day-to-day stuff, I still need to put it in all in one thing. It makes me realize how much I’ve learned in the past four years … it’s really God’s work, not mine. One thing that hits me as I look at old code I wrote – not that I don’t remember what I did or that the code or comments don’t make sense – but that I was pretty inefficient the way I did things. In fact, in some cases, it wasn’t just inefficient, but, well… stupid 
Oh, and the impact of leaving has really been hitting me – I’ve never really thought of workplace as a family, but that had really started to change in the last year or so. I realize it’s hard to leave our comfort zone, but I think God wants us to do that sometimes so we can grow. I think it’s one of those times now.