It's no secret that I was looking to leave my current company. The local work environment had become very...ehh...Well lets just say the environment had changed and not in a way that I was comfortable with. We'll leave it at that. I'm sure that those of you who previously or currently work there can attest to it. Anyway, a few months ago I started heavily looking for something new. Finally, after many interviews and even a couple of offers...I've found a new job.

I have been hired on at Nissan as a Sr. Data Integrity Analyst. Its pretty much the same thing I was doing for my current company except that all of Nissan's datacenter is outsourced to IBM. It's considered a management position but I technically won't have anyone to manage. Basically, I will be a liason between Nissan and IBM and making sure that the IBM guys are doing what they are supposed to be doing as far as Security is concerned. Granted, this means I'm not really "hands on" any more but I still have to keep my skills up to snuff.

The pay is really good plus a sign-on bonus and even a car. They've got a leasing program for certain level employees and they add in extra to your paycheck to cover the car lease and insurance. All in all, a pretty sweet gig. Who knows, maybe I can get back on learning the Japanese language and moving up in the ranks.

Well, I put in my two week notice to my current company. And as expected, due to my access level, they decided to escort me to the door right then. I was already packed anyway. Sad thing is, I really didn't get the opportunity to say goodbye to anyone and there are several in particular that will be dearly missed.

Well, the winds of change are blowing and a new adventure is beginning. 2007 was an extremely rough year. 2008 seems to be providing a cleaner slate to start with. Wish me luck!