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February 28th, 2001 to August 3rd, 2006.

Five years, five months, and five days.

I'm not really certain that I have worked out all my feelings towards this place, and I am not sure I ever will. Let it be said that it is a good company that would probably be an excellent long-term investment, and that it very well may someday have a significant impact on the pharmaceutical industry as a whole. If nothing else, it will be bought up by one of the big pharma who will mine Lexicon for its vast and rich pools of intellectual property - and then turn the remainder into a fast-moving research arm. I did not find the kind of personal growth and development that I was looking for, or even a career - but along the way I met some really excellent people who I will miss terribly.

Anyhow, what is over is finally over.

Cue Beethoven's "Ninth Symphony", and begin the celebration.

Mind you, that would be a 29.6MB file linked there, but you know what?

Totally worth it.