Good luck to you, Lan
I’ve been with Adobe Systems for almost 13 years now. I’ve seen a lot of talented people come and go. As a manager I was also responsible for some of them and I have (mostly) enjoyed the time that I was allowed to guide other people.
It always hurts when one of them decides to leave and goes out to do something else. It hurts in a good way and in a bad way at the same time. Take Jon for example: he was/is brilliant and Adobe could not offer him enough at the time when he needed it. He decided to move on and managed to secure a job at Google, where he will be working on Google Video. Can’t wait until he sends me information about the features that he has been working on. If I was in his position, I would have done exactly the same.
Today is another sad day, because Lan is leaving. She has so much creativity packed into her little body, it’s almost unreal. I know that she will be fine outside the womb (that even made me laugh), but I still feel like a parent who sends the first-born off to college. If that’s not a sign of getting old, what is?
Good luck to you, Lan - I know you don’t need it, because your talent, creativity and inspiration will take care of everything that normally would require luck. We’ll miss you and adore you at the same time! Say hi to Ben!
Wow Tobias! Thank you so much for the kind words! You are making me cry! Reading this makes me miss you even more so now Ben and I really have to take on that offer to go snowboarding in Taos! I can’t wait!