Hello everyone,
To start, i'd like to say that i'm leaving Linden Lab. If you caught the news from the internet, then you'll understand why but if you didn't here are two i found recently by googling about it. http://www.vizworld.com/2010/06/linden-lab-laying-staff-closing-singapore-office/ and http://digitalmedia.strategyeye.com/article/70432b60e0/2010/06/10/Linden_Lab_cuts_30_of_Second_Life_staff/
To be clear about the motivation about this post, i'm only sharing my thoughts on what i think about the entire thing. If there is one takeaway from this article i like you to have, that would be " when one door closes, another door opens "
Obviously, being laid off is not a pleasant experience but its something i have to deal with. Having support from family and co-workers during this period in time really made it easier to cope. Support from co-workers in the U.S. also helped made things easier, collectively speaking it wasn't too bad an experience. Lindens are just a warm and fuzzy bunch ;)
Our lab in Singapore is "tight" - yeah i mean it. Having smart and enthusiastic people come to office every day and hearing their ideas and how they work feverishly to accomplish is what its all about. period. work hard, play hard. You should see some of the stuff we did every quarter - we did cycling at pulau ubin (offshore island at singapore), had great lunches, bowling etc. Our farewell lunch was quite a different experience, at least for me, as i quickly realized that i would no longer be working, having lunches, discussions/debates with these people. The bantering, ohhhh how i would miss that.
Someone once said " what makes a person want to stay with a company is always the people ". Was it Mitch Kapor? Well i don't know
Moving on, i realized that i'll soon be out of a job. Jobless in Singapore! Hehe, i'll admit these are uncertain times and was wondering what i should do next and thanks to the great support rendered by co-workers and family, i quickly found myself doing interviews and i'm really surprised how many people are doing amazing work in startups and established companies. I had a blast doing these interviews! These companies are recognizing the power of open source and field those leadership roles with people with the right mindset :D
I'm still looking for my next adventure :D
Dennis Hopper in "Crash" said " it's a beautiful thing man ... "
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