I’ve recently left Yahoo! after 3 years there. I already miss hanging out with everyone, but it was clear to me that the best thing for me was to get out and find my own path.
I got to Yahoo! through the acquisition of Konfabulator (now Yahoo! Widgets). It was an interesting experience to say the least. I think I could write a small book on my time there. That might be the topic of a future post here. Suffice it to say, I don’t think it went as well as it could have.
But this post is about my current state of limbo. Not quite anywhere right now. It was definitely a little risky to just leave my job and take some time off. I’ve never had the opportunity do it before, and I have a few irons in the fire regarding what to do next, so I figured I’d give it a go. This way, I can really be free and clear to refocus myself and know what I really feel about what I want to do next.
So far it’s been a pretty good time off. I’ve mostly been working on my own iPhone application. I won’t say what it is yet. It’s nothing super-special, but it’s turning out pretty sweet. I know I will use it every day, maybe you will too. I have no idea if I’d even charge for it or not. If I did, maybe it’d be a buck or two. But that’s not even really in my head right now. I just want to finish it!
I’ve really been enjoying coding for the iPhone. Yes, even though it’s Objective-C 
The only annoyances for me have been the bugs I keep running into. I’m a good boy though and I write them up for Apple. Heck, I even sent in a test case for one. Fortunately, most of them to date have been duplicates they know about. Hopefully they’ll get squared away soon.
As far as what to do next, I’ll keep meeting with people over the next few weeks and hopefully we can figure this out. While I am enjoying my time to myself, I certainly can’t keep this up indefinitely! Maybe I should be an Indie developer for iPhone/MacOS. Then I can stay home and survive.
Stay tuned.
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