Baggage
Though my official last day at work is August 9th (exit interview, et. al.) My last day doing production work was yesterday. I am tethered to the on-call rotation until noon while my replacement returns from a trip to Italy. What the hell, I’ve never been to Italy! I’ve thought long and hard about how to explain my feelings and state of mind after almost 11 years on the job and the fact that one month ago I would’ve never thought I’d be walking out the door OR moving towards the development side of SQL Server. 
I walked out of a coffee shop back home a few days after giving notice and saw the back of this car. I think it sums up where one ends up after 10+ years at the same company quite appropriately.
And no. This is not my car. It’s my brain.
I feel compelled to give you an obligatory “One of us! One of us! One of us!”
I’ll let you go to the development side, but only as a training/mentor/spy/role model. We’re counting on you to get all of the developers up-to-speed on SQL-coding best practices.
(If you don’t, Lil’ Buck will be by to kneecap you. He’s the only one that could.)
Not true Buck. @unclebigguns aka Jack Corbett is right here next to me. He could do it. He may need to get a footstool though to reach my knee.
Welcome to the fun side of the database world.
Wanted to thank you again for the great presentations on Saturday. Hope you’re enjoying the cruise.