So long, packagethief
posted by pete on November 27th, 2007
From the crazy news department:
Remember that SvN post where DHH said they were looking for a Rails developer? Unspace’s own Jeff Hardy was summoned to back to the 37Signals office for the first time since he attended the original Building Basecamp workshop in 2004.
Originally just curious, Jeff asked David and Jason every question he could think of. At the end of the trip, he realized that in fact it was exactly what he wanted to do. What better way to contribute to some of the most visible projects on the web?
Obviously we have mixed feelings about Jeff moving on, as he has been part of the family since the early days of our company. In fact, it was a post on his blog that connected us in the first place.
I couldn’t be more grateful for Jeff’s role in my life as a friend and mentor, and we’re all proud of him. This is clearly the correct decision for him right now. I speak for everyone at Unspace when I say that Jeffrey Allan Hardy is destined for great things.
November 27th, 2007 at 03:48 PM
Congrats Jeff! Certainly an exciting move. Would be cool to work on the very first Rails code base.
I was upset when I first heard the news, until you said you’d be staying in Toronto. Praise Jesus! (Now we just have to work on getting Ryan back in TO.)
November 27th, 2007 at 10:02 PM
Congrats to Jeff, and a well deserved move in his career. But also kudo’s to UnSpace for fostering the right environment. In many ways, I see this as good for everyone.
November 30th, 2007 at 11:57 PM
It’s interesting to see where Unspace was in Pete’s comment on Jeff’s old blog post and where it is now. Congrats to Jeff and all the best for the future of Unspace.
December 4th, 2007 at 08:52 PM
Congrats Jeff.. Toronto will miss one of it’s best developers! Second Colin’s thoughts… Unspace is an incubator of kick-ass developers!
December 6th, 2007 at 03:37 PM
Can I have your stuff?
December 13th, 2007 at 01:51 PM
Too cool Jeff. I hope JPG is right and you’re staying in Toronto (or Niagara :)
Good luck man!
July 21st, 2008 at 02:13 PM
Did he drop any loot?