Who moved my cheese?
大概5年前，正要离开IBM，我写了一个说再见的邮件，就是用这个题目。 是当时有感而发，离开是不情愿的，正好读到这本书，觉得可以借镜，就写进去了。 当时发了出去，当天就有几十个回覆，说很感动云云，挺高兴的，起码，有些人还是挺认同我的看法。 更重要的是，化悲愤为力量，对自己鼓励鼓励（当年，多少人类似遭遇就烧炭自杀了）（我把原文附注在下面，作为记录）
五年了，刚好前几天无聊之际，算了一下有关基金投资，负债（房子贷款），未来消费模式需要等等，推算再工作10年左右，就可以退休了。 10年后，55岁，说早也是，说晚，也可以。 反正现在好像更有目标，心情也轻松了一点。
这几天跟朋友都有提起过这些想法，大家都说，55岁退休，太无聊了吧，我说，退休不代表不做工作，但如果真的能实现，就意味到时候，可以只做喜欢的，也算是不错的安排。
Hello my friends. This is my last day in IBM, after almost 20 years.
(Well,
according to HR, it is 19.09 year.) I sent this email to say goodbye to
many of you I have not had chances to personally say so.
The title of this email is sort of strange, you may think. But if you
have
read a book with the same title recently, you probably would understand
what I mean.
When I was advised to make the decision of leaving IBM, the company
which I
spent, literally, all my youth, my immediate reaction was "Who took
this
away from me?". But when I re-gained control of my mind a few minutes
later, I realised that I have been relying on the company for so long
and
for so much that I have forgotten about my jogging shoes which was put
away
so permenantly 5 years ago when I re-joined the company. I realised
that
the cheese has actually got rotten, has been consumed daily for 20
years
and I had not noticed it. Not a bit of clue until then!
Anyway, I have now found and put on my jogging shoes. I have now
wandered
away from where the old cheese was and am working my way into the maze
of
uncertainty and opportunity. I have not found new cheese yet but you
bet, I
will. A lot more cheese!
Louis, Sammy, Hilbert and folks in Customer Engineering (well, ITS), I
had
spent most of my time in the unit of IBM which I was most proud of. I
feel
honored to be able to fix Selectric typewriters. Not only did I learn
the
way to do customer services, I learned to work with people, to respect
people and to create harmony with teammates.
Katina, Lam, Francis SK, Pearl, and folks in ISC (well, TSC), the time
I
acted as a PSR was one of my golden period. I enjoyed it best. And I
bet
you did.
Tim, Jeff, Titus, Richard, David Choi and the old AS/400 "worshipers"
(and
the new iSeries "worshipers"). I bet that none of us would ever say a
bad
word about a machine so nicely engineered. I promise, I never will.
Dominic, Johnson Sherng, Charles Liou, Henry Yu and (not so many) NHD
friends, I still remember the moment we got the news of moving away
from
networking hardware business. It was a moment of emotions! It was also
a
reflection of all the sweat and tears we shed for those few years when
we
almost overtook Cisco in router sales (by unit). That was exciting!
Paul, Andy, Grady, Daniel, Mike, Henry Chan, Gao Jing, and many many of
you
in SSG, I could not have been myself without my times in such a vibrant
business unit. All the creativities and hardwork plus the endless
mid-night/early dawn teleconference has helped us to bring NAS from
nowhere
to No.1 in marketshare (as suggested by IDC). I would keep repeating
this
message (cause I am so proud of it) even if I am forced to join any of
IBM's competitors one of these days.
In net, this 20 years has been a lot to me. Anyway, time has come that
I
have to turn the page and open a new chapter. My son is 5 months old.
Like
him, I am yet to learn how to walk, how to talk and how to fight,
better.
This time, I will not forget about my jogging shoes.
Good luck, good health and good fortune (for this and the following
endless
quarter ends)!
Please keep this email to save my email address: raymond_cm@yahoo.com .
I'll continue to be on my Hong Kong mobile phone number of 90391504.
I'll
also be on ICQ (13623248), Yahoo Messenger (raymond_cm) and MSN
Messenger (
raymond_cm_lee@hotmail.com). Let's keep in touch!
Last, if you are still wondering what I am talking about, regarding old
cheese, new cheese and jogging shoes, get your copy of this book at:
http://www.cp1897.com.hk/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/ProductDisplay?SECTNBR=58&prmenbr=178&prnbr=9780399147241
With love and respect,
Raymond Lee
五年了，刚好前几天无聊之际，算了一下有关基金投资，负债（房子贷款），未来消费模式需要等等，推算再工作10年左右，就可以退休了。 10年后，55岁，说早也是，说晚，也可以。 反正现在好像更有目标，心情也轻松了一点。
这几天跟朋友都有提起过这些想法，大家都说，55岁退休，太无聊了吧，我说，退休不代表不做工作，但如果真的能实现，就意味到时候，可以只做喜欢的，也算是不错的安排。
Hello my friends. This is my last day in IBM, after almost 20 years.
(Well,
according to HR, it is 19.09 year.) I sent this email to say goodbye to
many of you I have not had chances to personally say so.
The title of this email is sort of strange, you may think. But if you
have
read a book with the same title recently, you probably would understand
what I mean.
When I was advised to make the decision of leaving IBM, the company
which I
spent, literally, all my youth, my immediate reaction was "Who took
this
away from me?". But when I re-gained control of my mind a few minutes
later, I realised that I have been relying on the company for so long
and
for so much that I have forgotten about my jogging shoes which was put
away
so permenantly 5 years ago when I re-joined the company. I realised
that
the cheese has actually got rotten, has been consumed daily for 20
years
and I had not noticed it. Not a bit of clue until then!
Anyway, I have now found and put on my jogging shoes. I have now
wandered
away from where the old cheese was and am working my way into the maze
of
uncertainty and opportunity. I have not found new cheese yet but you
bet, I
will. A lot more cheese!
Louis, Sammy, Hilbert and folks in Customer Engineering (well, ITS), I
had
spent most of my time in the unit of IBM which I was most proud of. I
feel
honored to be able to fix Selectric typewriters. Not only did I learn
the
way to do customer services, I learned to work with people, to respect
people and to create harmony with teammates.
Katina, Lam, Francis SK, Pearl, and folks in ISC (well, TSC), the time
I
acted as a PSR was one of my golden period. I enjoyed it best. And I
bet
you did.
Tim, Jeff, Titus, Richard, David Choi and the old AS/400 "worshipers"
(and
the new iSeries "worshipers"). I bet that none of us would ever say a
bad
word about a machine so nicely engineered. I promise, I never will.
Dominic, Johnson Sherng, Charles Liou, Henry Yu and (not so many) NHD
friends, I still remember the moment we got the news of moving away
from
networking hardware business. It was a moment of emotions! It was also
a
reflection of all the sweat and tears we shed for those few years when
we
almost overtook Cisco in router sales (by unit). That was exciting!
Paul, Andy, Grady, Daniel, Mike, Henry Chan, Gao Jing, and many many of
you
in SSG, I could not have been myself without my times in such a vibrant
business unit. All the creativities and hardwork plus the endless
mid-night/early dawn teleconference has helped us to bring NAS from
nowhere
to No.1 in marketshare (as suggested by IDC). I would keep repeating
this
message (cause I am so proud of it) even if I am forced to join any of
IBM's competitors one of these days.
In net, this 20 years has been a lot to me. Anyway, time has come that
I
have to turn the page and open a new chapter. My son is 5 months old.
Like
him, I am yet to learn how to walk, how to talk and how to fight,
better.
This time, I will not forget about my jogging shoes.
Good luck, good health and good fortune (for this and the following
endless
quarter ends)!
Please keep this email to save my email address: raymond_cm@yahoo.com .
I'll continue to be on my Hong Kong mobile phone number of 90391504.
I'll
also be on ICQ (13623248), Yahoo Messenger (raymond_cm) and MSN
Messenger (
raymond_cm_lee@hotmail.com). Let's keep in touch!
Last, if you are still wondering what I am talking about, regarding old
cheese, new cheese and jogging shoes, get your copy of this book at:
http://www.cp1897.com.hk/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/ProductDisplay?SECTNBR=58&prmenbr=178&prnbr=9780399147241
With love and respect,
Raymond Lee
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