Changes

Before I knew it, I’m now nearly 2 years in officially with Secfi. It’s been a crazy 2 years, but we are hitting that point where people will be moving on and looking for new opportunities.

It’s always a bit weird to me. I used to work at a large firm where seemingly every week there was someone who was leaving for a new opportunity. This is a bit different as a we’re small team of 40 right now.

One of our early stage employees that was there even before me that he was moving away from Amsterdam and looking for a new opportunity out back in his home country. Another employee emailed us over the weekend saying he was taking a new opportunity elsewhere.

I’m very happy for them both and wish them the best, but it’s always sad. Coworkers and colleagues are just different when you’ve built something with them. I feel like Secfi has been a family over the last 2 years and it feels like we’re losing part of that family.

This is a natural part of the work life, especially in tech companies where the average time at a company seems to be 2 years, but it’s never easy to deal with when someone decides to leave.