Promotion, at last!

So finally after many years, and spanning two companies, I finally managed to shake off the job title of "Senior Analyst Programmer". The role had become less of the "programmer" aspect anyway, with offshoring getting more usage on the development side. After almost three years at HSBC (how time flies!) I applied for a promotional position with the GLEAM development team (or as it's now known, Regulatory, Capital and ALM IT), to work as a Development Specialist on the GLEAM Monthly Risk system. All sounds very interesting and much more organised and a better way of working than I had experienced on the chaotic FTP project in Head Office Systems. Leaving the world of VAT behind, i'm looking forward to getting stuck in and fully involved in this new team and project. A much nicer office too, with bright modern decor and a younger more laid-back team. There are four of us Development Specialists who work pretty much independently, aside from the main development team of Analysts and Developers, with seperate teams for system testing, analysis etc. As well as the title change and promotion, the role is also leaving a lot of my mainframe background behind; much of the system is build on UNIX and using Datastage (as well as DB2), so finally getting into the mid-range aspect. So all in all, some good challenges ahead but looking forward to it and feeling much happier already.