Today is my last day at Elastic. I'll take an extended break and focus on rest, family, health, writing, a bit of startup mentoring/investing, and some research - at least for a while.
I'm thankful for my great colleagues and my leadership at Elastic - y'all are stellar, even if I was often grumbly about some technical or architectural issues. ...
I'll also miss the ex-optimyze team a lot; you were the best team anyone doing technically sophisticated work could wish for - great individuals, but in sum greater than the parts. I think the future for the tech we built is bright, particularly in light of the recent Otel events :)
@HalvarFlake Congratulations and hope it's a very good break.
I've appreciated you sharing your story, btw -- as someone who's (still) running a startup, has two kids a little older than yours, and whose mom also died in 2022, reading your posts made my own experience feel a little less insane and isolating. Thanks!
@dave_andersen@HalvarFlake Erin & I went through a bunch of gnarly destabilizing family drama while we were doing Starfighter and it was the most stressed out (not the right term) I've ever been. Certainly didn't come close to doing my best work. Executing at the level both of you do through that kind of thing is extraordinary.
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