The Career
As I mentioned on twitter a few days ago and alluded to the other day, I’ve made the difficult decision to leave Ticketmaster. My last day will Halloween, Friday, Oct. 31st.
(Rumor has it a horrible surprise will await that day. I am roughly aware of the plan & the parties involved. To those foolish enough to contemplate such an endeavor, I only remind you of 1) my history with pranks is longer than all of yours combined, and 2) my willingness to always go one step further than the other guy. You have been warned.)
It was a tough decision to leave the ticket mines, but I was approached with an opportunity that was just too tempting to pass up. I’m actually really excited about it, but I’ll save that for another juncture. The hardest thing in the type of situation is saying goodbye with the people you’ve been working with day-in & day-out for the past few years. A hardship/challenge can split a group apart or pull it tightly together. I’m really proud of how the team — both mine & Ticketmaster as a whole — rallied together to overcome anything put in out way, even in some pretty difficult spots. Bitch all you want about Ticketmaster service fees, but you won’t be able to find anything bad to say about its people.
One thing that does make it easier to move on is knowing everything will be in good hands. It’s hard to not get emotionally invested in things over the course of two years, and handing things to over to competent caretakers certainly helps physiologically.
There is one other thing that helps too: Any transition brings some pain & turmoil and most of mine will be cast upon one Khayman Walker. Yes, it will be the delight I can take in his suffering. His pain is my joy. I like to think of being a Kahn to his Kirk. (Only in a parallel universe where Khan wins, of course.)
Unfortunately, Khayman is sorta smart, so he has some idea of what he’s in for, but I still like to think that several months from now, he’ll be sitting at his desk, all of it fully setting in. He will lean back and scream “Bill! BIIIIIIIILLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!” Man, I’m getting all tingly just thinking about it.
October 13th, 2008 at 4:01 pm
You suck!
October 15th, 2008 at 8:36 am
Re: supposed prank – I don’t think it is actually a prank since I have flat out told you what I am doing and it isn’t a surprise. This is much more akin to pushing a button of yours (which you already do for me on a daily basis ;-) )
October 15th, 2008 at 10:25 am
You best make sure the juice is worth the squeeze. I swear if you guys all show up as zombies, moaning & groaning, I will have my revenge. I will focus on nothing else. I will give every last iota of brain, muscle, and energy on this sole task. There will be nothing else in my life. Revenge is all I will think of. Only revenge. I will not stop until I hear every last one of you wail & gnash your teeth in suffering. Tread lightly, my friend. Tread lightly.
October 15th, 2008 at 1:00 pm
Is the juice worth the squeeze? Hmm, knowing your capacity for revenge I am honestly not sure… but like a good friend of mine once told me “if I didn’t take this opportunity I just know that I would regret it for the rest of my life”. How can you argue with that?
Just think of it as our way of helping you get over your fear of the undead.