My New Job
I’m happy to announce that I’ve taken a new job: I’m working for href="http://www.jot.com/">JotSpot as a software engineer.
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Like a lot of other people, I was first introduced to JotSpot during
href="http://www.fettig.net/weblog/2004/10/web_20_jot">Joe Kraus’s
demo at Web 2.0. I posted a blog entry about it, and (through the
amazing connecting power of the Internet) within an hour had received
an email from Graham Spencer,
href="http://www.jot.com/about/index.php">JotSpot’s CTO. That
lead to conversations with Joe and Graham, and a couple of weeks after
Web 2.0 they offered me a contracting gig. I took the contract, and
href="http://www.fettig.net/weblog/2004/11/ongoings">quit my day job.
And, let me say, I was perfectly happy as a contractor. After almost
three years of working a 9-to-5 cubicle job, the freedom felt great,
and I wasn’t feeling any rush to find another salaried position. So
when Joe told me they were interested in hiring me, I had mixed
feelings. I told him that I’d be willing to consider it, though, and he
invited me to come back out to California and spend a few days at their
office.
Which I did. And by the time the week was over, it was clear: I really
wanted to work for JotSpot. Graham and Joe are talented, creative,
enthusiastic, and friendly. They’ve developed a powerful platform which
solves real problems that I’m personally familar with. They have some
very cool ideas in development. And they have a great team of people -
I can honestly say I liked everyone in the Jot office.
In short: I like the product, I like the company, I like the culture.
I’m flattered to have been offered the job, and I’m tremendously
excited to be part of JotSpot.