Yahoo! 3.0
Another November 15th, another annual notch in my Yahoo! belt. Today marks three years at Yahoo! for me.
This has been a pretty up and down year for me, personally and professionally. Last year at my two-year anniversary everything was great. Things turned quickly after that. I got pretty sick, pretty stressed and pretty frustrated. I accomplished a lot during my third year at Yahoo!, but it definitely took a toll on life in general. The scars of my third year will stay with me for a while.
There was some good stuff too, though…lest you think it was all bad. I did take a free trip to London for the second Open Hack Day, after all.
As an odd coincidence, this week also marks my third project at Yahoo! (yes, I was only on project number two for three or four months). This new project is completely different from anything I’ve worked on in the past. My role is also pretty different. I can’t talk much about it yet, but it’s accurate to say that year number four will be my most challenging yet. I can’t tell if I’m excited about it or not, time will tell.
November 15th, 2007 at 10:23 am
Congrats, and good luck on the upcoming year, Ryan!
November 15th, 2007 at 4:06 pm
congrats dude! (july this year was my yahoo! 2.0). i think in general these last few months have been pretty rough.
November 16th, 2007 at 11:30 am
May I need to take some bottle of wine while next Hackday if I would like know something on your new project ? ;op
November 16th, 2007 at 12:33 pm
I don’t drink, Olie.
But hopefully by the next Hack Day the details of what I’m working on will already be released.
November 16th, 2007 at 12:35 pm
Congrats! Only two more years before you too wonder what the hell you’re going to do with a purple gumball machine.
(I suggest a steam-punk version of Tom Servo.)
Oh yeah, and thanks so much for everything.
November 16th, 2007 at 2:37 pm
I’m going to fill it with marbles that look like gumballs and leave it out for unsuspecting victims.
Alternatively…turn it into a fishtank?