There's that feeling when you step into a strange place for the first time in your life, but you feel like you've been there before, and you feel right at home. There's that feeling you get when you meet someone for the first time in your life, but you feel like you've known them for a long time, so you like them right away. There's the experience when they show you a view of the world, and you feel as if you dreamed it. That's how I felt when I first joined IV two years ago, getting to know the team and the company philosophy.
I ended up here by a chance meeting of coincidences, and it's no exaggeration to say that it will go down in history and on my CV as my favorite place to work in my life.
I learned about GitLab, branch, dev site, staging, release. What push, pull, merge, and cache flushing are. What theming is. What can Drupal do? Not just the magic of covering up a desperate dream in front of the morning mirror is called makeup. I met Ingrid, the robot. I learned what it means to have a commitment, a story point, a value point. Why retros are essential, how good the Wednesday demo day is. Every morning starts with a stand-up, what flow means and why protected time.
I've come to know and love the habits. I identified with company culture and became a bit more feminist. I know who is allergic to what, allergic to gluten, and allergic to being asked too many questions. I saw lots of funny t-shirts and colorful socks. I know that Zoli likes spicy, Istvan likes pasta, David likes gummi bears, Aniko likes Indian, BT likes fried camembert, Gábor likes chicken, Ancsa likes Caesar's breadcrumbs, Thamas likes soup, Kulcsi likes very pink fruit soup, and Tibi is picky. Zsuzsi likes instant coffee, Szilárd prefers quality cakes, Tomi prefers almond milk, and Vince doesn't want to play ball. I suspect Asrob is tired because he had an American football game last night.
Once during probation, I accidentally wrote an article, and Kulcsi asked me to keep it up. It started a process that I enjoyed; it was nice to wrap myself in the blue room and write down what I thought.
I had a lot of aha moments. I got to know a company where people love their work, and human values are above all else.
I sometimes wondered if, in 20 or 30 years, the office would be a team of slightly chubby-haired, slightly overweight, enthusiastic, pre-retirement people, who would be the sucker to go anywhere else but an organization that is constantly evolving according to the needs of its members as they collectively shape habits and make decisions together.
It is easy to wonder why I decided to leave this community that is very close to me. For many years I have had a passion that fills every free moment. Unexpectedly, I was allowed to turn this passion into a full-time profession. My situation was not easy. I spent weeks thinking, lining up pros and cons, making financial plans, costing, weighting, weighing, learning excel functions, holding a family cluster meeting over several days. Once the rational indicators pointed in one direction, the most challenging part came the emotional aspect. Sleepless nights followed a difficult birth.
Although I didn't have to, I filled my notice period and was sad. My farewell party was one of the best parties of my life, and I have enjoyed the two months since. I don't regret being on my own, I enjoy every minute of my job, but I miss the company terribly, I miss the daily IV routines and habits.
I've had a great time, and I've enjoyed my time with my new job.
It's a bit like moving abroad where everything is super cool, but there's a void; I miss family.
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