a big thanks to all, yup, this day has been long coming and today was the final nail in the coffin. my new supervisor is a dictator witch. not sure if she is a feminist, but at anyrate, they will be a bit pressed in finding a replacement as I do a very fine IT type of niche' as well as much broader duties. I am supposed to train this woman who has a masters degree in computer science while I have only a BSEE and is a pay grade higher than myself. I think that was the final straw for me. I am still young and not even 50 yet. I already have a new occupation in mind and it won't involve software/computers, I am completely done with all of that bullshit. Such a scam industry anyways. Had to deal with procurement of software updates for government contracts and you wouldn't believe how often that junk is updated. Then the government gets billed for each update. every 2-3 weeks a huge check gets written.