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Tuesday, the 16th of Sep 2008
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Last month was my last month as a Yahoo! employee. I was an engineer on the MyBlogLog team, and it was the most enjoyable job I've ever had (no joke). The last year with my team at Yahoo! was great, and I can't think of a single day I didn't enjoy working there.
Yahoo! catches a lot of flack in the media, but anyone who has worked for Yahoo! knows how great the culture is, how enthusiastic, smart and kind the people who work there are. I mean, come on, hackdays? Thats fucking awesome! I got the chance to work on some pretty cool stuff (like the reader roll on the right :)), worked with some great technology, learned a whole hell of a lot from my peers and was able to take part in a couple hackdays (thanks to Ian's ideas).
Make no question about it, they've got a lot of talented individuals under their roof:
Todd Sampson was a great boss to work for who actually knows code, Ian Kennedy always had great ideas, Chris Goffinet is a God damn genius (and will probably succeed in what the sticky note on his monitor says), Steve Ho makes databases his bitch, John Sampson does color syntaxing in his head, Raymund Ramos gave up sleep to ensure our systems were working at 3AM, Mani and Saurabh broke down services like mad men, Robyn who was a fantastic community manager for the time we worked together, and Tilly.. well, words can't really describe how awesome she is-- always thinking of the community and new ideas, plus anyone who says "awesome possum" while being completely cheerful and bubbly every time you speak to them is an invaluable asset.
If anyone is looking for a fantastic job, they're hiring. As for me, I'm now the Manager of Web Development for SunRun Inc. Wish me luck.
ps: oh devel-random, how I'll miss thee.
2 comment(s)
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6:00 PM 09/28/2008
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So how goes it? Are you loving it? |
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11:12 PM 09/29/2008
Manny
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So far so good... I really miss working with the team though :( |
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