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My Next Adventure
- falsedan 11y agoKind of wish these sorts of career moves PR releases were announced like transfers/signings for professional athletes.
- ericjang 11y ago"Google has signed Fiddler engineer Eric Lawrence to a lifetime deal in what one source familiar with the negotiations said is a fairly ordinary hiring. “We are excited to add Eric to our lineup,” Masko Askov said. “He is a talented player who we feel can make significant contributions to our Chrome team.” A company spokesperson would not say how much Google paid." (in all seriousness, congrats to Mr. Lawrence).
- hyperrail 11y agoInteresting that Eric Lawrence didn't choose to go back to Microsoft. Though given how much vitriol he directs on Twitter at MSFT and the IE/Edge group he was part of, I imagine neither he nor they wanted him back...
- ocdtrekkie 11y agoI'm not sure going back ever seems like the right move. You aren't necessarily opening yourself up to more opportunity in most cases, returning to a former employer, and as your comment indicates, you may find things have changed in ways you don't like while you were gone.
- ChuckMcM 11y agoI've not seen too many cases where people going back has succeeded. It is certainly a different sort of relationship post partum.
- hdctambien 11y agoIt is my understanding that the IE team appreciates Eric's post-employment bug reports because his visibility gets them bumped up the priority chain[1] [1] I asked him and that's what he told me.
- ericlaw 11y agoAs it turns out, they made a great offer for me to return in 2014, but they don't allow remote work and we're staying in Austin. I have many friends in IE/Edge and wish them all the best.
- draw_down 11y agoSounds like a blast, good luck. I concur with the "dumbest person in the room" advice.
- brianwawok 11y ago* I prefer second dumbest in case we need a fall guy
- dblock 11y agoPhilip Su mentioned in the article runs the London Facebook office. I am just glad Eric is not joining that one :)