Today is my last day at OmniTI.
From an email I just sent out to my soon-to-be-past colleagues:
“I sincerely wish you continued success as a company, and also as individuals who truly make up a significant portion of the best people in this industry. There are many things that OmniTI does very well, and I won't hesitate to refer business your way when the situation arises.
This past year and a half (or so) has been a bumpy road, but I'm absolutely sure I will look back on my time with OmniTI as a net-positive. Thank you all for supporting me and my team with our sometimes-(absurd | stupid | obvious | amateur | tough) questions and requests.”
The road ahead for OmniTI doesn't look nearly as bumpy, but after a very long period of thought, I finally decided to pursue other options around 6 weeks ago, and will now join the ranks of the funemployed.
Thanks for the opportunities, experience, insight, and tough problems, OmniTI.
2010 will be a great year. I'm already excited about some of the prospects that are in my future.
Bonus points if the title of this post seems familiar. (-:
Good luck with the new things that are sure to be coming your way soon, mate. It was good to work with you before I left (for anyone reading this who doesn't know, Sean is a supremely talented developer, engineer, and architect who anyone would be lucky to work alongside). Have a great Christmas season and here's to 2010!
Best of luck with your future prospects... Hope you and yours the happiest of holidays this year. May 2010 be a year for the record books and may bumpy roads be a thing of the past. ;)
I think I earned some bonus points.
I think Patrick said it about as well as I would have, so I think I'll just throw in a +1. Oh yeah, and I think I earned bonus points too. :P
I have to say I am shocked by this news. I thought we worked well together. I'm not sure there isn't a future for us together; are you? Really? This is all just so sudden. I know I have been busy and maybe haven't been around as much as I should, but really I don't know where this is coming from. We can still get together right? I'll friend you on facebook! And twitter. and myspace. and orkut. and hi5. It's the least you can do right? I mean after all this time. To just go. I guess that's how you are. Really I thought differently about you. You know what?!? Screw you and your circular bacon! Thanks for ruining my Christmas! I'm sorry, I don't really mean that. You know I didn't mean that right? Have a great Christmas. I mean it. Or Festivus or whatever you guys celebrate in Canada. Really. I mean it. Good luck in future endeavors. Honestly. I'm going to go listen to some Dashboard Confessional now, but if you want to talk, you know how to reach me.
http://omniti.com/was/sean-coates
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Really happy for you, Sean. I'm sure you'll soon be doing great things again, and I hope you tell us all about them.
Here's hoping the bumpy roads are behind us all. :-)
(I get bonus points, too.)
good luck!
and I am so using your letter as a template for whenever I leave a place. that was awesome.
But is his letter valid anymore or have "significant portion of the best people in this industry" moved on to do other things
There are still some great people at OmniTI. Some have moved on, though.
S
All the nest for your future 2010 projects, Sean. Will you stay in Montreal?
We need to grab a beer eventually. :)
Thanks for the nest wishes (-;
Yep, I'm staying in Montreal.
S
Good luck Sean. I hope you are both busy and having fun ... of course, after a reasonable period of just having fun and not being at all busy.
Good luck Sean. You'll be missed. Hope you enjoy it wherever you end up.
Good luck, Sean! Enjoy your funemployment, and have yourself a very merry Christmas!
Hey Sean!
Wish you a happy new year and a lot of success and luck in 2010.
Greetz,
Lisa
Dear Sean,
I hope that you are doing fine.
OmniTI is a good place to work, but as everywhere else it is not perfect.
I hope that you enjoyed your time in the company and wish you good luck for the future
cheers