Farewell, Yahoo
It’s hard to believe, but today is my last day working at Yahoo. I started on Oct 1, 2001 when the LAUNCH acquisition was completed. I started at LAUNCH in April of 1999, so that’s over a decade with the same company or over three quarters of my working life.
It would be impossible for me to summarize all the things I’ve learned in that time, but it’s been a wonderful experience. I’m most proud of the teams I built, making Yahoo! News the world’s most visited news site, launching Yahoo! Tech in 2006 (may it rest in peace) and some of the fun side projects I worked on.
Leaving Yahoo! was a very difficult decision and I barely slept for a week while I mulled my options. But next week, I will join a little startup, still in stealth mode, here in Cambridge. It will be a refreshing change and fun to work in a small environment again.
As I’ve spread the word of my departure, I’ve gotten many nice notes back and they’ve been great to read. That said, I don’t think you should wait until someone is leaving to tell them how much you appreciate them.
So my challenge to you, whether you work at Yahoo! or elsewhere, is to reach out to just one person you like working with and tell them that. You can send them an email, an instant message, call, text or tell them in person, but just do it, RIGHT NOW.
Thanks, Yahoos. I’ll be watching with much interest to see what what the future brings to a company that gave me so much.
Bye!
June 23rd, 2010 at 10:49 am
I know how tough that decision is.
That said, let me know where to send the “Did you Yahoo!?” frame.
June 23rd, 2010 at 2:30 pm
jeff ji
ji is respect word in my india .we apply it with name.
you are not with yahoo after one decade.footprints you left on yahoo will be remembered by near persons.i got premature retirement in govt service but
my staff rememberes still today.i enjoy yahoo but can not understand its spam policy .a child can tell what spam is but
yahoo can not.it is time to leave yahoo now.
this is my first blog messege on internet.i can not understand why your websitename was in coordinate distance calculator page.
June 23rd, 2010 at 10:34 pm
Good luck Jeff! Bugreporter will live on in infamy!
June 24th, 2010 at 7:35 am
BugReporter is officially supported now, so it will live on for real!
June 28th, 2010 at 6:15 pm
Congrats, Jeff!
It’s truly Yahoo’s loss but good to hear you’ve found something new you’re excited about. I’m sure you’ll have fun.
July 12th, 2010 at 9:14 am
Didn’t visit here in a while, and now I’m reaching out _after_ you’ve left!
It was nice working with you. All the best on your new venture.