This was an excellent blog post. Thanks for sharing it Tom.

I saw the post title around the time this was posted, and just ignored it as I figured it was going to be another bunch of drivvle from someone saying how wonderful their work location is. I was wrong.

I've had similar experiences previously. My negative experiences at the beginning of one job, even encouraged me to leave later on; it wasn't the only reason, and in fact wasn't the biggest one, but it sure did add to the motivation to jump ship.

I suspect there are a large number of people out there in the IT world who are experiencing a similar situation. Not many people are courageous enough to put their feelings out there like this.