back in a new saddle
I started back at work at the beginning of last week, after more than 4 months of illness. It is very exciting for me. I was like a kid before Christmas the night before my first day back.
I am rarely described as inarticulate, but nonetheless I find it very difficult to describe how and why I’m so happy to be back at work. For more than a third of a year, not only was I learning to recover from and manage a complex condition, but I also had a big piece of me missing: my friends and co-workers and shared passion at Mozilla. Their support was more than I could have imagined, let alone hoped for. There might be something in my eye.
Damon Sicore had been ably managing Engineering in my absence, and has now succeeded me in a permanent capacity. I tremendously enjoyed my job running Engineering, but was also ready to move into a role with a different strategic-versus-operational mix. Given that Damon had been providing so much leadership across all of Engineering before my absence, and even more during it, he was a natural fit as my replacement. I know that he’s going to excel, and that Mozilla Engineering is very fortunate to have him at the helm.
I’ve moved into a new position as VP, Technical Strategy for Mozilla. I have been involved in Mozilla’s technical strategy for some time, perhaps obviously, and I’m pretty stoked about being able to devote my full energy to it.
I plan to write more about my goals in my new position, as well as more about my recovery and related experiences. For now, though, I just wanted to say that I’m back and I’m giddy about it.
It’s awesome to have you back!
I, for one, welcome our new strategy overlord…
hooray!
So happy and excited for you – Mozilla as well!
Awesome, welcome back!
Welcome back!
So good to see you back! In the mean time, we have grown the team significantly, I hope you’re able to deal with all those new faces that joined the organization as well as with the “old” ones! ;-)