Delay in career change

     When I interviewed for this job in 2014, I told them up front that I would work until I finished my master's degree - roughly three years. I let me boss know last winter that I would start putting out applications around the beginning of the year, as the field I want to go into has long lead times on getting a position. When my yearly review came up in February of this year, it started out like this:

New Hire #1

     In anticipation of my graduation and career change, my boss decided to start looking for my replacement now. On the one hand, it's a little early, as I still have two months of school left, plus however long it takes to apply, interview, and accept a job offer. On the other hand, between the horror stories of the people they had in before I was hired and the fact that the learning curve for this position is six months at the least (there are days I feel like I'm still on the learning curve after 3 years), I can't really argue.

     The theory is that we will hire someone to shadow me, and in slow periods, they will crosstrain with my equivalent in the asset management (AM) side of things. As it stands now, both asset management and development are small departments - we joke that if any of us gets hit by a bus, we're all in trouble - so crosstraining is not a bad idea.

Encouragement

     There have been a couple points in life where I've been ready to give up, at least for a little bit, until someone comes in and believes in me while I can't. Those are incredibly empowering moments, and I've done my best to pay it forward by encouraging others around me. Sometimes, though, I wonder if I go over the top and shift from being helpful to too much to deal with right now.

*Edit: Since multiple people have mentioned it: no, this is not a sneaky comment about anyone in my life. I legitimately just wonder if other people think that about me sometimes. 

Changes?

    The last semester of my Master's degree starts today, which means in 10 weeks - hopefully - I will be done with school. A couple people have asked if this means I'll be getting back to updating here and (more importantly) doing sketches again. Short answer: I don't know. I'm not sure where life will go from here, but I hope to have a slightly less hectic schedule that would allow me to start sketching again.