It Is Official

[funranium]

As of June 26th, I will no longer be an employee of Lawrence Livermore Nat'l Lab.  On a positive note, I am dictating the terms of my exit which means I have volunteered to be laid off in the upcoming unpleasantness, thus saving someone else's job, and I  will get a severance package I wouldn't otherwise get.

Why would I do this you might ask?

Because on June 30th I start my new job as a health physicist at UC Berkeley.  It pains me to leave the Secret Squirrel Fun, but I desperately need to be using my degree at the professional level I need to be working at.  Besides, as I said to folks who nodded vigorously, I'm leaving the Lab but it's not like I've disappeared.  In a year or two, if they've got something shiny for me I will be more than happy to come back to the nuclear security fold.

*sigh* but yay!

Comments

[blark.livejournal.com]

Huzzah! May everything work out for the best! Want some book recommendations for your new commute?

[elonwy-h.livejournal.com]

Sweet. Welcome to the world of commuting :)

[slowbob.livejournal.com]

hey, congratulations! and a classy way to exit any position.

[auroracita.livejournal.com]

AWESOME! You have totally made a good decision for you and your future. I am incredibly proud of and happy for you! HURRAH! :D

You, sir, have earned yourself a Kermit icon and a beer. You must come to Portland again for the beer. :)

[spurious-logic.livejournal.com]

Well done! And now you'll be in the area more often. Any plans to move?

[benchilada.livejournal.com]

Congratulations or something.

*mutters about no longer being able to say he knows somebody in the nuclear physics field..the DANGEROUS part...*

[funranium.livejournal.com]

Oh, you can still say that. It is just a matter of not currently being employed by a WEAPONS lab. There is still plenty of interesting, otherwise there'd be no need for me.

[graymalkn.livejournal.com]

Did you get UCB to agree to maintain your clearance?

[funranium.livejournal.com]

They will not and cannot do that.

[rick-day.livejournal.com]

OMG 4 days off!! What will you do with all that time???!?!?!

[evil-egg.livejournal.com]

Good luck with it!

Woot!

[(Anonymous)]

Congrats on the new job. Way to work the system. Enjoy working in my old home town.

Greg.

[zardra.livejournal.com]

Sometimes you just need to make your own change. I took my own leap last summer and am loving where I landed. I hope yours turns out good, too. :)

[bilunabirotunda.livejournal.com]

Congratulations, and welcoming to working closer to me than to my mother! However, I am very concerned for her safety now that you cannot protect her...