Today is my last day at my current job in the Interaction Design group at Publicis Modem. Starting Monday I will be the new Director of User Experience at TheLadders.com (guess what their URL is?).
I made this decision after meeting many times with the folks at TheLadders and getting a feel for their business and the way they work (as they got to know me). I look forward to some new challenges and being back "client side" as they say in the agency world. I am excited about the potential to truly move the needle for TheLadders with a good team and solid leadership.
I've enjoyed my time at Publicis Modem immensely and have learned a ton. Overall though, and this always sounds cliche, it's the people who I will miss the most. You spend more time with these folks than you do with your own family and so you get to know them and begin to work well together. I've made some friends there and I hope to keep them as our time apart grows on.
In my experience, typically I'll stay in touch with folks for about 6 months and then start to truly fade out of their lives. One, maybe two individuals hang on for another 6 months but past the 1 year mark, it's pretty much a rare occurrence to spend any significant time contacting old colleagues. I hope that, this time, some one or two folks will remain friends past that one year mark to the point where we could have an occasional lunch together (hell, i'll only be a mile down the street).
I think, for me, it ultimately came down to wanting to be on the client side of long term application development and growth. To be fair, the variety of work in the agency gives one a lot of perspective over many industries but the focus on pharmaceutical work these days (hey, they STILL have lots of money) takes a little bit of the wind out of my sails. The prospect of helping folks find high-paying jobs is a challenge I can get behind with more vigor.
So, today I say goodbye to my colleagues at PubMo. Through LinkedIn and Facebook, I'm sure we'll keep in touch and aware of each other's every move. You know you can always count on me for an interesting status message or politically-tinged posted item (here and there).
08/10: Goodbye Publicis, Hello TheLadders
Today is my last day at my current job in the Interaction Design group at Publicis Modem. Starting Monday I will be the new Director of User Experience at TheLadders.com (guess what their URL is?).I made this decision after meeting many times with the folks at TheLadders and getting a feel for their business and the way they work (as they got to know me). I look forward to some new challenges and being back "client side" as they say in the agency world. I am excited about the potential to truly move the needle for TheLadders with a good team and solid leadership.
I've enjoyed my time at Publicis Modem immensely and have learned a ton. Overall though, and this always sounds cliche, it's the people who I will miss the most. You spend more time with these folks than you do with your own family and so you get to know them and begin to work well together. I've made some friends there and I hope to keep them as our time apart grows on.
In my experience, typically I'll stay in touch with folks for about 6 months and then start to truly fade out of their lives. One, maybe two individuals hang on for another 6 months but past the 1 year mark, it's pretty much a rare occurrence to spend any significant time contacting old colleagues. I hope that, this time, some one or two folks will remain friends past that one year mark to the point where we could have an occasional lunch together (hell, i'll only be a mile down the street).
I think, for me, it ultimately came down to wanting to be on the client side of long term application development and growth. To be fair, the variety of work in the agency gives one a lot of perspective over many industries but the focus on pharmaceutical work these days (hey, they STILL have lots of money) takes a little bit of the wind out of my sails. The prospect of helping folks find high-paying jobs is a challenge I can get behind with more vigor.
So, today I say goodbye to my colleagues at PubMo. Through LinkedIn and Facebook, I'm sure we'll keep in touch and aware of each other's every move. You know you can always count on me for an interesting status message or politically-tinged posted item (here and there).
[Jeff]