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Yesterday was my last day at Microsoft. I worked there a year. When I reflect on 2009, I think of it as the Year of Darkness. I only wrote a couple blog posts. I was inactive in the OpenID community. I did not talk to press or analysts. I gave no public presentations.
On the positive side, I was given the opportunity to herd the cats on OAuth WRAP and get it out the door. I am happy I as able to do that. I also met some great people at Microsoft.
Having never worked in a large company, working at Microsoft was an invaluable experience for first hand knowledge on how large companies work. I definitely got experience. More than I anticipated. Will I work for another large company? Sure, given the right opportunity. I have a better idea on what parameters are needed to be successful in a large company.
Questions? Love to hear them! dickhardt@gmail.com
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Good luck in whatever’s next!
Hey there, I TOLD you it is fishtank – full of SHARKS
Which tend to bite, also …
Anyway, I am sure we now share a lot of experience with that employer – keep up the good work and spread the word in the cmmunity
I understand how you might have felt separated you from the rest of the software community. I've felt a similar tendency since I started at Microsoft last year, but have resolved to change that as much as I can. Good luck wherever your career takes you!
Best wishes!
welcome back
i missed you, welcome back.
Looking forward to seeing what the future holds.
glad to see you again and hope to be able to read soon from you.
The Vancouver community has lacked a little excitement since you went to the dark side, looking forward to your next contribution
Thanks for all the kind thoughts. Now that we have crossed over the border, we might as well keep going south. I'm planning to move to the center of the action, San Francisco, with my lovely wife.
Thanks for all the kind words everyone! I'm very much looking forward to my next adventure.
As we have made over the border, we are going to continue heading south to the center of the web action. My lovely wife and I will be moving to San Francisco.
Lemme know when that happens. We can go back to that sushi restaurant and spend ridiculous amounts of money on endangered, delicious, blue tuna belly.
Looking forward to working with you on WRAP in person, Dick!
Good luck Dick! Looking forward to seeing what you do next. You'll love SFO!
hope to catchup with you in person in SF soon and best wishes on your next steps
Just goes to show…. they don't know Dick!
SF is awesome. Looking forward to more posts!
Care to share what some of us should look out for when considering working for a big company?
Huh, that's surprising. Usually Microsoft is really good at holding on to their Dicks.
Glad to hear you were able to accomplish some things during your tenure there, and I've no doubt that you'll continue to be a force of influence and ideas in your next venture. Keep in touch, and I certainly hope to see you back to your normal blogging frequency soon!
Huh, that's surprising. Usually Microsoft is really good at holding on to their Dicks.
I'm glad you were able to accomplish at least one good thing while there, and look forward to seeing your influence and imagination applied in new ventures. Also happy to see you blogging again!
Best of luck Dick.
Thanks for getting OAuth WRAP out the door – a major contribution to the open web and to portable identity and data! Definitely looking forward to collaborating with you in the future!
Oh man, Dick in San Francisco! That should raise the temperature
It was a pleasure working with you Dick, albeit briefly. I look forward to collaborating via other means in the future.
Life is a process and you are getting much from it. Be well, john
Good points, I think I will definitely subscribe! I’ll go and read some more! What do you see the future of this being?
Once the clouds lift, you can bet I will probably be the very first person on my block to get outside and do a bit of grilling.
good stuff.
For some reasons, this felt like some liberating news. At least I hope your creativity will further florish once more for the benefit of the community at large. Good luck in whatever the future holds for you.