Fresh out of college, unable to find a good job in the field I loved (now called bioinformatics), I started as a Tester on Microsoft Excel on September 12, 1988. I intended to stay for two years on this little career detour — but was having so much fun I stayed an extra 18 years 
. Now, I officially have 3 more work days left to my Microsoft stint – and the very next day I will start working for myself incubating an idea as a freshly minted startup.
When you are still in school — each September brings huge change. Funny thing is — since I timed my change on a major anniversary of my beginning — I still find myself tied to this academic-schedule-based September o’ change.
September 28, 2008 at 12:08 pm
I still get excited at the beginning of September too. I also feel a little rush when overhearing people talk about “back to school shopping” or “office supplies”.