This is my last day at UQ Library as I'm moving on to find fortune and glory at a new workplace and of course I won't be posting anything new on this blog after today.

It's been a fun ride here at UQ. I've found the environment to be quite relaxed yet focussed on doing a good job and there is a good level of camaraderie amongst the troops. I suppose that most people here don't find it difficult to find a sense of belief in what the library does and most people working here are here because they want to be.

Contrast this with some of my past jobs where there is a much higher contingent of people who are motivated by money and status.

I will miss working on campus here, there is a certain buzz or energy that comes from the students, a variety of food options, some fun architecture and the peace and tranquility of the lakes (only interrupted by attacking geese, the ferrari lawn mower and students who couldn't get a room).

I will also miss the diversity of staff here. IT and engineering is a male dominated industry and tends to attract harder, more rational personalities. There is probably less mixing between different levels of managment in private industry too.

I'm not sure how much work I'll be doing in the library field in the future but I have a half plan to be working on some projects in my own time. If you're interested, you can follow some of my progress at my IT and engineering blog: Smithology. Otherwise, some might be interested in my more frequently updated blog of finding lifes meaning amongst the confusion of postmodern predystopian "raised on television" society at Bogosity.