Month: September 2022

W Sisters Story The Wrong Side of 10

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Earlier this week i decided i was not ready to be the dad of a 10 year old. My soon to be 10 year old told me that i couldn’t stop it. She was right.

Here i am with a 10 year old. Today is our first non kids party party. Instead of a party with lots of ids at a play place or at the house she is having a few friends goto the movies and dinner.

On one hand no big party to put on. Or M to put on. On the other hand I have a 10 year old.

The title of this story is because for years when talking to the girls about turning 10 i would joke that they would be on the “wrong side” of the number 10.

14 Year Workaversary

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Today marks my 14th work anniversary. As with life so much is different now and so much is the same. Whenever i write about a work anniversary i have been running down the numbers related to my life since September 8, 2008. This year will not be any different.

When I started in Sept 2008, it was at Thomson Reuters. Since then I have technically worked at 3 companies. First Thomson Reuters, then Refinitiv, and now LSEG. This year my numbers are not as straight forward as in the past. I am in the process of transitioning into a totally new role. The transition is not done yet however since i have started doing the new role i am going to count the changes that role brings into these numbers.

I have worked out of 8 offices, across 2 continents. I have had 10 managers. Oddly in the past 5 years i have had 7 of those 10 managers. I have been in 7 different groups across those 14 years. Of course the lines blur a bit with the groups in some cases.

On a personal side in the same 14 years I have lived in 3 apartments and one house. Moved continents, gotten married, and had 2 kids.