May
20
2009

Adios To Hitwise

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2 years and 4 days after my first, today was my last day at Hitwise. I can say without a doubt that the last month and a half has really snuck up on me. When the news of my departure became offical and public, it seemed like there was still plenty of time to go. But that time has really gone nowhere. Yesterday morning the first thought I had when I woke up was that there were only two days left, and in some ways was when the reality of it set in.

I attempted to knock some stuff off throughout the day, and at 7pm when I was still cleaning up my desk and PC, I realized that this was clearly a mistake. [smile] I really should have taken my manager's advice, called it quits at 12 (well, his advice was actually 3), grab a beer and say my goodbyes. Starting that at 4:30 in hignensight was ill advised. [smile] Maybe if I'd finished up on a Friday I'd be more inclined to have done that. All the same, with the shippers coming tomorrow, I am so behind my initially decision to finish up today.

It's definitely been a weird thing, leaving a job and a company that has been so good. But at least today there was some finality to it all, and despite having some moments question myself on why I was leaving when chatting to people that have made the job a lot of fun, I finally had a sense of the excitment of moving on to the next part of our lives by the end of the day.

In anycase, I got a lot of nice comments and well wishes throughout the day, and impressively, almost the same amount of comments about taking the product I've been responsible for over the past 2 years with me. [smile] There were also a lot of great comments on my farewell card. Unfortunately I didn't get a proper chance to read it at work, because I would have liked to comment one (of many) of the cool messages:

Great working with another Gentoo-er. Keep it compiling.
I really hope that there is a job and a bunch of people ahead of me in my future in the States - but without a doubt, the bar has been set very high having had worked at Hitwise.
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