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The Impossible Choice

The Impossible Choice

No, this blog is not the start of a romantic comedy. It is focused on the topic of how we go about making massive, potentially life changing, decisions.  The impossible choice arises when you have to choose between things in which one side of the equation starts out looking much better than the other but the obvious choice just does not feel 100% right. Later it turns out not to be so simple to differentiate since they are both fantastic in non-comparable ways.

Recently I had to make such an impossible choice. I admit it. I struggled a lot with it which surprised me.  Normally I am a very decisive person with facts driving me along quickly. Not this time! I agonized, lost sleep, had arguments, questioned my motivations in life and more.

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Next Up : Internet of Things, Cloud and More Analytics

In my recent post I shared that I was leaving SAS after 18.5 years.  It has been overwhelming to see all the comments in response to that post on LinkedIn, Facebook and on the Blog post itself. Thank you to everyone for the kind words and for all you did to make my time at SAS the success it was. Seeing all those comments made me even more sad that I am leaving!

Many people have asked me where I am going next. The job market is a very interesting one at the moment and it was great to receive a number of offers to consider over the time of my search. Deciding where to go next was not easy especially with some self imposed constraints playing over and over again in my mind. I must also say that staying away from the shiny lights of the booming title is not as easy as it is to write down :-).

There are many great companies out there. I hope I will be able to stay in touch with those I spoke to moving forwards. Many thanks to each of them for considering me for their roles and for their time investment!

What’s Next

DecisionNow onto the future. I am now able share my next move. It is one I am very excited about.

I am going to go work for Microsoft (although I will remain located in Heidelberg, Germany) when not travelling as required.

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Leaving SAS: A new start after 18.5 magnificent years

Leaving SAS

Leaving SASAll good things must come to an end and so it is with my time at SAS.

I wanted to share that I will be moving on from SAS at the end of this month.

I have absolutely loved my 18.5 years at SAS. Those years have seen me grow professionally and personally. SAS is a good company filled with many amazing people who I will miss working with day to day.

During my time at SAS I have been able to work in many different areas (Technical Support, Pre-Sales, Sales Enablement, Sales, Product Marketing, Product Management, Analyst Relations, Alliances, Business Development, Strategy and more), on/with many different products and with people across the world. Professionally it has been a very rewarding experience which easily has surpassed the expectations I had when I joined back in 1997 as a technical support consultant.

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