About two weeks ago the announcement of our acquisition was made public. Even though this is great for us as a company, it is unfortunately a deal breaker for me. I have been contemplating a change of venue for a while now due to the 40 mile commute to Palo Alto each day. Now that we’ll be moving to Sunnyvale it would tack on another 10 miles via the 2801.
Thus my last day was this past Friday. I will be staying on for a couple of months to help with wrapping up a few projects, and to transition my load to some other poor fool. Good news is that the majority of this will be done from the comfort of my flat in the city.
Taking back the 2 hours I was wasting each day in my car, and using it to work on Feedflow is going to be huge. Not to mention the lowered level of stress should make me a little more pleasant to be around!
1. If you know the Bay Area traffic situation, one always makes the effort to avoid the 101 commute south of the 92. This stretch of road can turn into a parking lot rather quickly, and often does! It not recommended.
Now playing: Nirvana – Lithium
Congratulations on the Acquisition and departure. How do you have a last day on Friday, but continue to work for them. I assume you are getting paid for this “help”. The feedflow stuff actually looks kind of cool.
Rest assured I am being compensated for this transition period, but not as full-time employee. I felt it was necessary for me to make that distinction and give a definite date, when I can say “okay, I’m done”.
Very cool, that commute is insane. Are you eventually going to be working on Feedflow full time?
That commutes a killer. Sounds like a good plan.
I bet you won’t miss much anyway….