RUN-AMUCK.COM

After nearly 5 years at Ackerman McQueen (the advertising company that I’ve been working for) I’ve called it quits. It’s been a long and educational run in this job and I’ve certainly had opportunities to stretch my skills into areas that I probably wouldn’t have been able to elsewhere.

The ability to perform many different functions within the organization, such as strategic consultant, information architect, lead developer, system administrator and department manager, has been challenging and rewarding.

Naturally, there have been many occasions where the stress of the workload and deadlines has been unreasonable. But I’ve continually been a team player and stuck it out to reach a successful result.

However, I had allowed myself to become unbalanced in life and had given too much focus to the job and not enough focus to my family and personal affairs. This appears to have been passively permissive for Ackerman McQueen to increasingly demand more of my personal time.

The effects of that situation have been severe over time.

(more…)