Full Metal Lunchbox

 
Thanks to those who sent me good wishes when I started to feel sick.  I'm recovering quickly and should be well enough to embarass myself at Shamrock this Sunday.

Today is my last day at Chase.  I'm going to take the rest of the morning to cleanup my desk and say goodbye.  I plan on saying farwell to every individual on the production floor (all 150+ of them) one at a time.

Although I'm leaving for a better opportunity and dispite occasional differences with management, I'm actually sad to go.  I'll be leaving behind a lot of happy memories, including:

• the Switch Project: a bank on the verge of merging with a larger bank, asks a cute cartoon cat (or possibly a rabbit) to upgrade computer systems across the enterprise.  Meetings are held, countless consultants are brought in to help (inlcuding me and Justyna), and many a round is bought at Elephant & Castle.  "Go for Scott!"
  
  
• The 1BOP "Restack" and other special projects, wherein this lonely consultant forestalls unemployment by creating Excel spreadsheets and shouting unintelligble things into a walkie talkie.
  
  
  
  
• The fine men and women I have worked with for the past two years in Treasury Services Technology - Public Sector IT--especially Jay, who showed me that if you approach your job with dedication, impatience, hard work, and a sense of humor, the powers that be will try (and ultimately fail) to squash you like a bug.
  

Tomorrow evening, after I pickup my packet for the Shamrock Shuffle, the Public Sector IT team is taking Jay and I out to celebrate our departure from Chase.  We'll be be at Jak's Tap at 901 W Jackson.  Anyone reading this is welcome to join us for good pizza, craft beer, and fun gossip.

I may even shed a tear or two.