{"id":3178,"date":"2017-03-26T13:23:27","date_gmt":"2017-03-26T17:23:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ordinarylegacy.com\/word\/?p=3178"},"modified":"2017-03-26T13:23:27","modified_gmt":"2017-03-26T17:23:27","slug":"whats-next","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ordinarylegacy.com\/word\/2017\/03\/26\/whats-next\/","title":{"rendered":"What’s Next?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>There probably comes a time in every career when you begin to think, what\u2019s next?\u00a0 For those starting out, it\u2019s a matter of; is this working for me?-do I like this job?-am I bored?-or I can do better?\u00a0 For those of us beginning to wrap up it\u2019s a matter of relevance and retirement.\u00a0 The big R & R.<\/p>\n

Many of those in the middle aren\u2019t even thinking about it, somewhat afraid to tempt fate.<\/p>\n

Something happens to start the process, for those starting out it\u2019s a matter of money-status-deserving-entitlement!\u00a0 For those of us wrapping up it can be something along the lines of technology.\u00a0 Technology rushing ahead of us with the force of its fury sneaking up behind us to bite us in the ass. Or\u2026you can find yourself in the unusual position of being one of a select few who actually know something others don\u2019t.<\/p>\n

About what?\u00a0 A rickety old mainframe system, once state of the art I\u2019m sure, that now needs to be upgraded to interface with the real world. The app world.\u00a0 The world that includes code and mapping and URLs, that world.<\/p>\n

I recently found myself in that position and I\u2019m not sure how I feel about it.\u00a0 On one hand I feel like a dinosaur about to take the plunge into extinction and on the other hand I feel like a dinosaur being resurrected from a company archeological dig.\u00a0 You notice either way I remain a dinosaur.<\/p>\n

Regardless of how I felt about it I found myself, along with one other colleague of the same status<\/em><\/strong>, awake at 6am and at the ready to test the newest upgrade of the poor old mainframe system.\u00a0 We came to the conclusion that the last time we heard each other\u2019s voices, this time over Skype, was the last time this function got a facelift.<\/p>\n

The test failed at 630am and there was much discussion of what went right and what went wrong, most of which escaped me.\u00a0 Fast forward several hours later and phase one of the testing had been completed successfully.<\/p>\n

These are the things that get me thinking, wouldn\u2019t it be better to think of yourself as a well-regarded \u201ccompany historian\u201d than a dinosaur?\u00a0 Didn\u2019t it prove better to take a preexisting system with good bones, that has served you well, remains relevant and important and upgrade it?<\/p>\n

Could one make the leap that in our throwaway society, where spikey hair and skinny jeans reign, sometimes the lessons and knowledge of the past also serve you well and remain not only relevant but incredibly important?\u00a0 If only to prevent you from trying to reinvent the wheel?<\/p>\n

Perhaps this is what\u2019s next; a renewed respect for the company elders. Perhaps\u2026or more likely, since the last known existing old mainframe system has been upgraded, a bit of R & R is in order.<\/p>\n

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