Software is changing fast and the docs are not keeping up. I don’t know if it’s a good thing or a bad thing, going back to when I first started programming when all I had were a litany of books spread out across my desk and that’s the only place where the answers existed. Because you know, no blogs were out there. But now, programming languages are changing so fast, code is being pumped out…
Did you accomplish what you wanted to accomplish? Even more, did you leave with the feeling that it was all worth it? Then figure out what will get you back to that feeling and make it happen. At the end of the day, you don’t want to be constantly looking back and wondering what you accomplished or why you bothered.
Always bring as much energy to the new team as you did to all the ones before. That’s why you’re leading them, because of what you brought before them. There are no laurels to rest on, now it’s time for new achievements, new opportunities and unrealized growth.
There is an inherent fear that if we are not there to do our job, how will people do it without us. What will happen when we go on vacation? What will happen when we leave for another opportunity? I’ll keep this simple, life will go on, you hired the people, they will be fine, if you taught them what they need to know they should do things better than you ever could. Everything will…
You have two choices; Start Over. Walk Away. Both take courage, there is no right one to always go with, you might use one over the other depending on the scenario. The hard part is knowing which choice to make when the situation requires it.