I did it!

Submitted by Mac on Wed, 31/08/2005 - 16:50.

Today I resigned...well sort of. The thing is that I am waiting for the official lease to come back on the shop (I have read the draft one) and wanted to make sure that I signed before resigning, however my boss goes off on holiday today for two and a half weeks (so I discovered today), so I would have had to hand in my notice when she was away. Great you may think, and I did too as I find the second in command easier to talk to. However, I started to feel a bit of a chicken and didn't want her to think that I had waited until she was away to hand in my notice. So I came back from a meeting and was told that she was leaving in 1/4 of an hour - so I didn't think about it, I just got up and walked straight in. She was shocked, but said that she didn't blame me for wanting to give it a go, but would be sorry to lose me. I suppose it went as well as expected (going to give official written notice next week) Once the boss had left for her hols, I then went to talk to her deputy and explained the situation - she was lovely, extremley supportive and said that if she had been more involved with me and my position she would have allowed me to take on more responsibility and progress further and is gutted to lose me as part of the team. She said that she knew it would work out for me cause I always put 100% into everything I do - how nice!

So, I feel much better - no going back now - BRING IT ON!

Hi Mac!

Submitted by annasmedgard on Tue, 06/09/2005 - 21:50.

Way to go! Can't think your boss would have enjoyed that to start her holidays off, but I think you did it all in a very nice way. Congratulations on the firm committment to leaving the day job! There are many of us that wish we could follow your example straight away!!!

Anna
Moderator, flyingstartups.com

Thanks anna

Submitted by Mac on Wed, 07/09/2005 - 14:30.

I made it official yesterday. All of my friends were shocked but don't blame me at all for giving it a go and some have already asked for jobs. Can't believe that I have actually left a really secure job with good money - crazy! Anyway, who would have though when I started reading Steve's book that it would lead to this - cheers Steve and everyone else who has supported me in getting this far.