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A Proper Send-Off

April 15, 2011
A Proper Send-Off

It isn’t often that one has to actually leave a job they like. In fact, I’m willing to bet that most of you never have, am I correct? Sure, there may be high points here and there, but in general we leave jobs because we choose to, because we want to, rather. I’ll be starting my new job on Monday, and hopefully I’ll like that one. No matter what, I will always compare it to the one I left back in Chicago, the one I most certainly chose to leave, but at the same time, the one I definitely didn’t want to leave. As is the case with most jobs, it isn’t even the actual job that matters, it’s the people you work with that make it what it is. For me, it was both, but easily a lot more of the latter. If you’ve been reading along, you’ll remember...

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Will Work for Baklava

September 17, 2009
Will Work for Baklava

Earlier this year I left my first job out of grad school. My profession initially appealed to me as a result of its many subspecialties, and I loved knowing I could change from working in pediatric genetics to adult cancer genetics any time I chose, providing there was a job opening, of course. Leaving my previous position was a long and grueling process, and although I love my new job, (did I mention I work normal hours and still get my clinic notes finished?) I have to be honest – I think about those people every day and miss them immensely. Most of them. You know what else I’ll miss? That honkin’ box that arrived in our suite every Christmas from Harry and David. Sure, the box had great pears and chocolate-covered blueberries, but it also had one of the sweetest of all sweets. Baklava. Had I not shared...

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