And so it is finally here. After 2 1/4 years, almost to the day, my last day at work has finally arrived. It’s certainly been an eventful couple of years. [Hmm, well let’s see, there’s been the 5 rounds of redundancies that I somehow scraped through while holding onto my job (May 2001, August 2001, March 2002, August 2002 and December 2002); the acquisition of the company; the move from Richmond to Putney; oh, and of course a lot of beer.]

In all honesty, though, I can’t say that I’m sad to be going. It’s all very different working here now than it was when I joined. Sure, I arrived just as the party was winding down, so to speak, at the end of the boom, but there was still the occasional outbreak of optimism, a prevailing sense of fun about the place and a bit of cash floating around, for a while at least.

Now I really can’t wait to get going on my new work thing next week, after the obligatory session in the pub (or hopefully out the back of the pub if the weather keeps up) this evening and a nice quiet weekend away…