Brad Fitzpatrick is leaving Six Apart

[lisa]

First of all I'd like to say congratulations and good luck to Brad Fitzpatrick on the decision to make the big change and move on from his first job! As a co-worker and friend of Brad's I know he's making the best decision for him right now. Nine years is a long time to work on a single project, any project, and I've always felt it showed a certain

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[rockstarbob]

Go, Brad!

(And what a lovely farewell post.)

[scsi]

I suddenly feel very very old, since I remember /all/ of that stuff.. :(
*sigh*

[llarian]

Good luck Brad! I've just started to use several of these pieces of software Danga created in my own applications, and damn its making things easier. =)

Also, congrats for extricating yourself from the "Where is Brad and why isn't he intervening in the OMG terrible things SixApart is doing" mess. Sounds like you deserve it.

(Replying here, cause the comment thread in Brad's journal is ridiculous)

[andrewanker]

[this is good]

[dnab]

Obviously my familiarity with the details here is minimal, but your point is well-spoken and I'm pretty sure if I were in Brad's shoes this would be a pretty awesome send-off, especially in light of the ridiculous criticism and over-exposure floating around.