Moving on, a little
I tend to get overly sentimental about changing things in my life. It’s the thought of the finality of the decision — the idea that I’m never going to do something again, even if it’s trivial; or that I’ll never see someone again, even if it’s just a casual acquaintance. Forever is a long time.
Somehow that doesn’t keep me from making changes, though. Today I left my team of more than three years, a great group of people who despite being a small team did an incredible job with a huge project, for another team at Apple. And it’s not just a different team but another organization. It’s enough of a shift that there’s only one person in my new management chain who was in the old one. I’m not even doing the same kind of work any more…at least in some sense. In another sense, I’ll get to be the same kind of troublemaker I’ve always been, which should be fun.
It’s a big move, a bit nerve-wracking, and hopefully a good opportunity on what looks like a great team. Once again it’s something I can’t talk about. Maybe one of these years I’ll have an office that isn’t locked off from the rest of the world.
Buzz Andersen Said,
May 31, 2006 @ 12:59 am
Phew–for a second there I thought you were leaving Apple! Glad to hear you’ll still be around :-).
Daniel Jalkut Said,
May 31, 2006 @ 7:41 am
Yee haw! congratulations, Eric. Three years is a long time in any one job, these days. It’s awesome when you can “change your whole latitude” and still go to the same cafeteria.
rentzsch Said,
May 31, 2006 @ 9:36 am
When I read that headline, I thought “there goes another one to Google” ;-). Glad to see I was wrong. Good luck on your new team+project!
Rick Schaut Said,
May 31, 2006 @ 4:05 pm
In less than a month, I’ll mark 16 years of having worked on Word. I guess I’m at the opposite end of the spectrum :-).
Best of luck, Eric, and do something else that’s insanely great.
Rick
Mike Zornek Said,
June 2, 2006 @ 9:26 am
Best of luck on the move.
eric dolecki Said,
June 5, 2006 @ 12:16 pm
Congrats. I wish I could work there
Is the cafeteria really al that bad? Heard it used to be awesome and then tanked.
John C. Randolph Said,
June 11, 2006 @ 6:51 am
Eric,
Congrats on the new gig, and I’m looking forward to finding out what it is this time. Hopefully it won’t be a secret for as many years as the last one.
-jcr