On Friday, September 12, 2014, Sumana Harihareswara <suma...@wikimedia.org> wrote:
> I go into my reasoning and plans in this personal blog post: > http://www.harihareswara.net/sumana/2014/09/12/0 Sumana, more than wishing you good luck (being luck a random factor by definition) I wish you a new phase in which you reach to a point where you feel with excitement that you are giving literally the best of you. I will not insist in the "destructive communication" aspect that others have resonated, but I would like to quote the rest of that very same sentence in your blog post: > And I'd like to try out what it's like to get better at making software, to have more of a blank slate > and perhaps less of a public spotlight, to work face-to-face with a team here in New York City This looks like a very good list of ingredients for a radical change of context in your career, keeping Sumana's "assets" almost intact, just re-purposed. Especially for Foundation employees, today Wikimedia is the opposite of a blank slate or a calm and private place to work. It probably has to be this way, although sometimes I wonder whether we the community and we the Foundation shouldn't allow to ourselves more freedom to experiment simply and explicitly out of our gut feelings. Well, you tried creating such spaces through 20%, LevelUp, and other mechanisms for individuals to work on whatever they felt it was worth trying. Anyway, back to the ingredients: I'm sure they will do good for you. Wikimedia will be always just a click away. I have learned a lot with you, and I have no doubt that I will keep learning from you as we keep working on making this community an interesting, welcoming, useful, and productive place to be. -- Quim Gil Engineering Community Manager @ Wikimedia Foundation http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Qgil _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
