On Taking The Leap
A year ago I made a very risky choice. I left a stable, good-paying job at a large financial institution for a small startup company a friend worked at. I left behind a promising future, friends, great benefits, and a decent amount of pay. I also left behind a rigid corporate structure, inflexible management practices, and tons of stress. Looking back today it seems like an easy choice, but it wasn't at the time. I'd been unhappy in the corporate environment for a while. My first job right out of college was a call center for retirement plans. After a few years I transferred to payroll processing, trying to find the niche that would bring me personal satisfaction along with professional success. While I did end up finding the latter, the former never materialized. After three years of ever-growing stress, I decided I needed to make a change. My friend Kelsey started at the retirement call center a month after I did. We both transferred to payroll at the same time,
