- The most notable thing about this week was that I gave my notice at Netlify after just over 2 years.
- People assume you quit because you’re mad or something went wrong, but sometimes it’s really just that you’re leaving because you feel like you’ve done what you can and want to do something else more now (more on that another day). That’s where I am and that’s OK.
- Netlify was my first true VC-startup experience as a full-timer. I learned a lot about how these sorts of companies work (partially because I’ve been able to have a good friendship with the founders and they’ve been very transparent with me about the mechanics) and it’s been very insightful. I think I lucked out with the team being so great more than anything, though.
- Netlify taught me that I really like being a “fixer” moreso than having a stable, predictable, workload. Like, throw me any random operational problem and I will figure out how to solve it or do it or figure out who should do it. The generalist nature of doing that when a company is still small is really fun.
- I don’t know what that job is when a company gets bigger, but I’d be interested to find out if someone knows.
- Other than that bombshell, I went to a Sketchfest show for the 20th anniversary of Galaxy Quest. Very good.
- Saw 1917. Not really a war movie fan, but unsurprisingly for a Mendes movie, it’s more of a character drama than an action flick. I found it very gripping and it’s wonderfully made.
- We had a shinnenkai party at my ikebana group.
- By the way, I’m now a grade 5 ikenobo ikebanist which means I can be a teacher’s assistant*.
- *This basically means being allowed to clean up leaves and nothing else, tbh.
