… at least for a while. This is the story of my relationship with a long-time client. I’ve been doing business with them for more than 10 years, but a few months ago I decided that by stopping our relationship I’d be doing them a favor - here is why:

I started working for this company as a full time employee and because it was a small company, I had to do be proficient on a number of different levels, such as software development, network administration, support for existing applications, documentation specialist, meeting with clients, etc. It was a great learning experience for me, but eventually I wanted to concentrate on what really drives me – software development.

So, after working there for 5 years, I decided to find another job. When I informed them of my decision, they asked me to continue maintaining a small server farm that hosted all their applications and services. I accepted, because I wanted to keep myself current with that subject, and more importantly, I considered it fair payback...