Congratulations :)

I quit my first job about 10 years ago, great place to work until the IT Manager left and they replaced them with another internal manager who wasn't IT, the IT Team Leader then retired and they basically threw every internal candidate application in the bin as they wanted a 'fresh outlook' and the final tipping point was HR declined my (already booked and paid for) holiday to Orlando because they were 'too short staffed' - well not my problem but it'll be yours now as I quit bye! (Although one important thing to note is I was quite civil in the whole process so didn't burn my bridges)

What followed next was a horrible 10 months, the first few weeks of waking up every day not having to worry about work was fun but trust me the novelty soon wears off

Kept applying for jobs and in fact getting interviews for a good majority but there was always one candidate 'slightly better', well apart from that one interview where I travelled and stayed overnight to attend - I was so desperate by then I was willing to relocate but no worries as they rang up after to say they had decided to hire nobody!

In the end it all came down to a random job advert on the closing date that I saw and thought well might as well apply, IT of course but in a completely different industry to my previous job so they'll probably turn me down...turned up at the interview and just 'felt' the connection straight away with the interviewers, got a phone call later that evening offering me the job and I've been there ever since - and as a result of a couple of promotions and slight change of job role have now pretty much doubled my salary so it all worked out in the end

Remember what I said about not burning bridges though...even after I got the job offer there was still a 3-4 month wait before I could start due to paperwork and such but my former job were still short of staff so offered me some contract work for those few months to at least give me some spending money for Christmas