Derek Bodner’s Blog

I’ve got some good news to write today, and some very bad news. The good news is actually a few weeks old, and the bad news just happened this weekend, in what was one of the worst (if not the worst) weekends of my life. But more on that later.

On Tuesday, August 22nd I got a promotion. Completely random, I was actually going in to interview with a different position when they offered this position to me, without even an interview. I started that day as a ‘Dedicated Server Engineer’. It’s basically a support staff that solely handles our dedicated server clients. But it’s a lot more server-side work, and it’s really a good learning experience, a good thing to put on the resume, and it came with a substantial pay raise too, which never hurts.

So far it’s been good. While I’m happy with what I’m doing now, there’s no doubt I’m hoping it’s a jumping point for more in the future.