All the best Brecht! Please can this be turned into a blog of some sort to keep track of what you're up to: http://brechtvanlommelfanclub.com/
<http://brechtvanlommelfanclub.com/>:) Regards, Jarred On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 7:02 PM, Nathan Vegdahl <[email protected]> wrote: > Congratulations Brecht! I'll come track you down and give you a big > hug some time. ;-) > > --Nathan > > On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 6:14 AM, Brecht Van Lommel <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > Here's a few more details on the changes. My contract at the Blender > > Institute was until the end of this month, and I've been contemplating > > a bit what I should do in the future. It's been great working here, > > and I'm very grateful to Ton, he gave me a lot of freedom to work on > > what I wanted to work on, and I've learned a lot from him in the past > > years. I feel like after 3 years I need a different challenge, just > > doing something a bit different, so I started looking around and found > > a job at Refractive Software, with the advantage that it's closer to > > where I live. > > > > I'll still be involved in Blender development, but again in my spare > > time as I did before I started working here. There's no non > > competition agreement or anything like this. I'll still work on > > getting Durian features merged into trunk, getting 2.5 finished, and > > other things after that, there's still many areas in Blender I'd like > > to improve in the future. In terms of internal render engine > > development however I won't be involved much anymore, focusing more on > > external render engine integration, but I'll of course try to get > > render branch features merged and help others understand how it works. > > > > Thanks to everyone who's helped out with development/documentation and > > supported open movie projects. Further, I'll still be on IRC, mailing > > lists, committing to svn, so no massive change there. > > > > Thanks, > > Brecht. > > > > On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 3:09 PM, Ton Roosendaal <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi all, > >> > >> After three years of more than excellent services at Blender > >> Institute, Brecht has decided to move on with his career and accept > >> per september a position as software architect at Refractive Software > >> in Belgium, which is close to where he lives. He will be working on > >> the very promising Octane renderer, which caused many heads to turn at > >> the last Siggraph expo. > >> > >> Brecht's position will be filled by Campbell Barton, who will start > >> working full time on Blender development, coder support, bug fixing > >> and Python design - working from his home in Melbourne Australia. Well > >> he did this mostly already, but now will be official and paid! :) > >> Currently Diego Borghetti is working half time for the Blender > >> Foundation on bug tracker support. This month I'll also know more of > >> our financial scope, but quite likely another full timer can be > >> recruited then for support & fixing. > >> > >> It's been a great pleasure and honour to have Brecht work for us in > >> the past years. He's done tremendously important contributions, for > >> which I certainly will miss him. Luckily Brecht will remain involved > >> with Blender, also as a developer in his spare time. > >> > >> I wish Brecht all the luck and success with his new job, and welcome > >> Campbell to the team! > >> > >> -Ton- > >> > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >> Ton Roosendaal Blender Foundation [email protected] www.blender.org > >> Blender Institute Entrepotdok 57A 1018AD Amsterdam The Netherlands > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Bf-committers mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > Bf-committers mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers > > > _______________________________________________ > Bf-committers mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers > -- http://www.jarred.co.za http://za.linkedin.com/in/jarreddebeer _______________________________________________ Bf-committers mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers
