I love my job.  I’m sure you’ve heard me mention it once or twice in the past 7 months.  Lately, its been like this big bright sign that I wake up to every morning.  I enjoy going to work.  I have a great team to work with.  I work on a great project.  I work for a great company.

I’ve had times where I didn’t want to get out of bed.  This is the first job that I’ve been excited to get to work early.  For the past several weeks, I’ve been carpooling with a team-mate.  We get in early.  I enjoy the extra time to be focused on my work.

Every single member of my team is awesome.  Even the team members that are only part-time.  Our group works with other groups in the company.  I’m pretty sure we got the company A-Team.  My team at work also happens to be a big part of my training team.  We are in a recovery phase right now.  But, for most of the last 6 months, I’ve been doing workouts with other guys from the group at least once a week.  There was a few weeks where we were doing brick workouts together in the morning and working out together 4 or 5 times a week.  We push each other in training and we really use the products we deliver.

I’m actually working on products that I was using before I got the job.  On top of that, the products are a large part of enjoying my hobby!  Could it get any better?  I’m in my mid thirties and I’m still learning new technologies at work.  I also get to flex my skills on technologies that I already know too.  Daily there are problems challenge me and I enjoy every bit of it.

I have a job that feels like a hobby.  Its a passion.  I’m one of those guys that totally takes his hobbies one step too far.  Yes.  That is me.  I have a job that totally revolves around my hobby.  I get paid to do what I love to do.

Now that I think about it.  I guess there is a little bit of guilt involved.  How can I be so happy with my job?  I know what it’s like to hate going in to work.  I do remember but it feels like it was so long ago.  Thanksgiving was last week.  I’m very thankful for the opportunity that I’ve been given and the people that I get to work (and train) with.