Moving to a new company — taking the bull by the horns.

Are you sick and tired of your workplace? Don’t like the people you got around you? Or do you simply want to move on? This is when you start looking for the new “Atlantis”. Well that’s what happened to me recently, but as I was looking for companies trying to decide what my next step would be, something hit me really hard…the uncertainty of the future.

With this came the fear that on the other side of the fence the grass wouldn’t be so green, the imposter syndrome, and all the concerns that make a person be out of breath. But you need to move on, you need to “take the bull by the horns” and take that leap of faith. With this in your mind, I can only show you some guidelines that made my choice easier and made the bull look like a little lamb:

• Culture: You know what you would like to see in a company, so try to find out about the its culture. Go see the perks that they offer to their employees, try to find some photos or even try to check the surroundings;
• Glassdoor: Ok, they have table tennis and offer a fully stocked kitchen, but is it really like that? Check the company on glassdoor to see if some employee left a review there, because you never know what hides beneath all the doughnuts;
• Interview: I know that you’ll be nervous in the interview but try to check if the interviewer is interested in you and he’s not some robot shooting questions. This can be a red flag, because if he’s like a robot then the most likely reason is that he doesn’t like what he’s doing. And one of the reasons for that is… he doesn’t like it there;
• Improvement: One of worst things about a steady job is comfort zone, so if a company does not support the improvement of their employees it’s a “no no” for me;
• Enroll: As a software developer I like being involved in all the development cycle of a feature. So from the why it’s needed to the moment it’s handled to me I like to leave some feedback and participate in all the discussions. Why is it important? Because it makes me part of the whole process and not just some monkey pressing buttons.

After all of this comes the all around important thing, the big bucks. But tell me, do you rather get more money and be around people that make you fell like “why did I get out of bed this morning?” or get a little less money at the end of the month but be around people that make your mondays feel like every other day of the week and arrive at the office with a smile on your face?