After nearly five years, this month saw me leaving the Civil Service. Most of this time was spent leading Software Engineering in GDS and it was an honour and a privileged to work with and lead so many excellent people.
My (virtual) leaving do was a highly emotional affair for me, with many people saying lovely things. This is the collection of presents they bought me (with the baking book representing a very generous voucher to the Bertinet cooking school) and they were very well thought out. I've been enjoying the peace of retirement, but I still miss them all.
The blog post I wrote on leaving is one of my most-read posts since I started blogging.
