It's been a while since I worked in a position where I felt I was in a good spot...where I'm doing work I enjoy...where I have the support of management for what I'm doing.
Since I started working for Alpine Access, everyone has seemed genuinely happy that I'm with the company. They were pretty light in the security area before they hired me. The executives, especially, were thrilled I was onboard, and they all still act very thrilled. All of them talked a good game about how needed I am and that my initiatives would be supported from the top down. All stuff I'd heard many times before.
Today, those words were tested. I had a situation where a program manager for our biggest new client was asking for some permissions within our webcenter application. From a security standpoint, granting his request was a bad idea, and there was no precedent for what he was asking for. So, I was inclined to deny his request. I work under the VP of IT, so I told him this, along with my reasons, because his support on this decision would be critical.
Now, at previous companies, I would've been told that, while my concerns were valid, this person could raise a stink, or this person might get upset, or this person was the program manager for our biggest new client, and so I needed to just go ahead and grant his request.
But that didn't happen. He said, "Go for it, I'll back you up on this." And he did.
It amazes me how there are managers and executives that don't seem to understand how motivating it is just to be supported by those above you. I was able to experience this again today, for the first time in a long time, and it made me realize yet again that the position I'm in right now, with this company, is where I am supposed to be.
I hope all of you can experience this same feeling, if not today or tomorrow, then soon. Thanks for reading along.
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