The Next Stage of the Adventure
I'm excited to say that today marks the beginning of a new adventure for me. While it wasn't an easy decision, I've been offered my dream job and will be departing from Google. The past six years have been incredibly exciting; I've had the opportunity to be a part of an amazing and diverse global community, launch world-first initiatives to involve students in Open Source and to be a part of the company that's one of the greatest success stories in the tech world. Great times all around.
I'll soon be starting a consulting gig with a team that has offices in the Valley and in Costa Rica. Looks like that Costa Rican hacker colony I've been talking about for awhile has come around, and I'm excited to be a part of it. First though, I'm off to speak on FOSS Mentoring at Free Software and Linux Days in Turkey, then accepting an award on behalf of Google from the National Center for Open Source and Education.
The next couple of weeks will be fun and I should be working some vacation in there somewhere. I'm hoping to get some time to write and get the word out on some other great projects I've been working on lately. That and I've got this awesome food dehydrator that's been hiding in its box too long, so I'll be indulging my love of cookery along with composition.
My thanks go out to the wonderful folks in Google's Open Source Programs Office and the rest of the company. It has been a pleasure working with you and I wish you all the best.
For folks wondering where to find me, there's the usual suspects: identi.ca, Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. Good old fashioned email works great, too.
Let the next stage in the adventure begin!
Labels: costa rica, work
posted by Leslie Hawthorn at 2:00 PM
15 Comments:
Thanks for all your hard work Leslie.
How exciting! Congratulations on all your impressive work at Google, and I look forward to hearing more about your new gig in due course. :)
(And enjoy your holiday!) :)
Congrats Leslie! All your work at Google has been appreciated by many people, I'm sure your future endeavours will be at least as fruitful :)
Hi Leslie,
We've met through the summer of code, and you have been an inpsiring an driving force for Google. I am excited to see you are moving on to your dream job, and wish you all the best is your future endeavours.
Warm regards, Wilco
Hey Leslie, good decesion! Congrats! Is it time for me to start learning spanish for our farm in c.r.? I'm ready to move and do the farmes job, just give me a call :) :) lots of love from berlin Vera
Good luck on your future endeavors and thanks for doing such a fantastic job on GSoC. :)
Good luck on your new adventures! It was always a pleasure working with you!
Go Leslie!
GSoC will miss you.
Good luck, Leslie! Keep us posted on your new gig!
Leslie,
You are my hero.
Congratulations Leslie! I'm sure you will be successful in your new adventure. I've been really impressed with your energy in making happen great open source programs at Google especially GSoC - thank you! Good luck. Keep in touch :)
I'm excited for you. And I look forward to what you are going to do. You bring the future to the present. In so many ways. For example, when we had breakfast last week, the time just whizzed by. Keep in touch.
Holy Cow! All the best to you! You've achieved amazing things at Google - looking forward to what you will do in your dream job!!
Free Software and Linux Days Videos :
http://www.fazlamesai.net/?a=article&sid=5411
Jesus H. Christ. Have I been living under a rock for the past 1.5 months? Apparently, yes!
Best of luck to you. They were lucky to have you.
-JM
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