Moving on

[terriko]

This is crossposted from Curiousity.ca, my personal maker blog. If you want to link to this post, please use the original link since the formatting there is usually better.

For anyone who hasn’t already heard: I got hit in the latest round of layoffs at work. I’m super excited about this since it gives me the ability to take the rest of the summer off to spend with my kid, something I’ve wanted to do for a while.

We have a plan to hopefully move my work open source project to be under a foundation (to be decided by the other maintainers and me), since work will no longer have the resources to maintain it in-house. We always could have forked and moved since it’s GPL but this way it should be a nice friendly transition. I’d set the groundwork for a lot of this earlier this year and I’m glad it’s working out.

My severance is generous enough that I don’t have to look for a job anytime soon. I’ll probably start job hunting sometime after my kid starts school in the fall, but I’m effectively paid quite a bit past that and I’m hoping to take advantage and do some fun stuff of my own choosing.

I know a lot of my colleagues are heartbroken to be leaving, but I’ve been managing burnout for a while so I’m profoundly relieved and happy to get out. I’m sure I’ll be sadder to be leaving as I’m saying goodbye to colleagues when we get closer to our last day (July 15), but for now I’m leaning into the joy and finishing stuff up and getting ready to move on.

Comments

[ivy]

Congratulations! Having the rest of the summer off sounds amazing. I hope it’s wonderful. Also, good on you for having laid the foundation for a successful open source project transition years ago.

[azurelunatic]

I hope it's a fabulous summer!

[brainwane]

I'm sorry this is so belated, but I wish you well and hope the last several months have been a good respite!