8 years, 5 months, and 8 days
Mar 28th, 2008 by sharps
Later this year I would have been celebrating 9 years (9 YEARS !!) at Sun. I would, that is, if I hadn’t gone and got myself a new job elsewhere - which is precisely what I have done. So today I’m celebrating 8 years, 5 months and 8 days at Sun; and about 6 months at Forte before they were acquired. In a little over a week I’ll be starting a new exciting role - but more on that in a future post.
On the whole it’s been an exciting and fulfilling 8.5 years. I’ve been honoured to be part of things that have completely transformed the IT industry; worked with many super-smart, passionate people - many of whom will remain friends beyond my tenure at Sun. Sun is more than just your average company; more than just a stock symbol (or two) and I’ll admit there’s some sadness in leaving. But right now - my aspirations take me elsewhere.
I’ll be taking a short vacation with my family before I start my new job on April 7th. I will continue to work in the software business so our paths will cross no doubt; but if they don’t - please keep in touch. In an age of continuous, real-time social networking there really is no excuse. You can find out more about where I’m going and what I’m doing on this blog and all the usual hangouts on the Web (Twitter, FaceBook, Linkedin, Dopplr). As of March 28th - I’ll no longer have access to my Sun mail account but you can reach me with my personal email : sharps at softwhere dot org.
Best wishes to all my friends and ex-colleagues at Sun.
Good luck! Change is good. It’s the driving force in the engine of life.
First clue is always moving of a blog from BSC. Congrats & best of luck. Enjoy your vacation too! You’ll be missed @ Sun!
Hey Rich - sorry to see another good guy leave Sun, but all the best in the new role! BTW - you have a typo in your email address - sofwhere rather than softwhere.
I’ll be sorry to see you go. I hope to work with you again some day!
All the best! We’ll miss you.
Rich: that aren’t that many of us ex-Forte guys left at Sun! You’ll be missed. Good luck with the new job, and remember that boomerangs are always welcome @ Sun!
Good luck and all the best, many thanks for all the excellent blog posts, you certainly helped me on the road to blogdom.
Thanks Pat & Larry - typo fixed.
- Rich
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