bright lights, big city
Just a quick update this time, but an important one — at least to me.
After an eventful five-and-a-half years at OpenRoad Communications, I’ve decided to change things up a little bit and move on to a new opportunity. My last day at OpenRoad will be February 13th, and I’ll be joining Habanero Consulting Group’s User Experience Group as a developer on Monday, February 25th.
My experience at OpenRoad was excellent and I’d recommend it to anyone who’s looking to work on interesting and expansive projects with an talented, dedicated, and hard-working development team (yes, they’re hiring!) I’ve made some great friends there (and butted heads with some amazing developers), so it’ll definitely be tough to leave.
On the flip side of things, as the few of you who actually read this blog know (and I know who you are!), I’m pretty passionate about AJAX, community building, and emerging technologies. The ability to get to work in the area of software development where I feel the most creative on a daily basis is a rare treat. I didn’t go hunting for this — it somehow managed to land in my (semi-intoxicated, thanks Brian) lap in late December of last year; and after meeting with the impressive UE team at Habanero several times since, I figured it was too good of an opportunity to pass up.
I’ll miss everyone I’ve worked with throughout my years at OpenRoad, as well as Chris McGrath, with whom I’ve collaborated on ThoughtFarmer for what seems like eons. I wish them all the best. ThoughtFarmer is doing really well and I think the next year will be key to building it out — I can’t wait to see how version 3.0 looks (version 2.5 will be released this week.) At the same time, I’m hoping to make the same kind of friendships and continue to build my career at Habanero when I start there in three weeks. Cheers!
Awesome man! The Habaneros are a fantastic crew and extremely talented. You’re going to have a lot of fun!
See ya at Ajax and Beer tomorrow?
Thanks bro. I’ll definitely be there tomorrow.
Congrats dude. Steven and the crew at Habs are rock solid.
Congrats Nick!