My boss Ed is leaving this year. Good and bad.

Bad: Ed is really one great guy. Cares about my future. No nonsense guy who expects a lot from you, but if you do stuff right and efficiently, you earn something that is hard to come by: his respect.

Good: His leaving means I'll have time to work with Allen on what I'm really interested in: programming and databases. I still have so much to learn and Allen has so much to teach me.