And We Go Marching On

Written by Russ on November 15, 2011 – 2:15 pm

As my last full time day at Happy Cog winds down, I am now available for work–project-based, workshop-based or even the right full-time opportunity–this is a pretty exciting time!

About a month ago, I made a decision to change my course: I resigned as a User Experience Director for Happy Cog West (San Francisco / Austin). The same “it was a difficult decision” standard rule applies here, as it does for any other person who leaves an employer that they’ve enjoyed working with.

I mean, I had the chance to work for Happy Cog, and that’s one of those dreams a lot of young geeks go to bed dreaming about.

I’ve worked with some of the caped crusaders of the Web, World Wide. Some of these folks you have seen or heard them online, you have read their books and their blogs and some of them you may have seen on bio pages. People like Drew Warkentin, a dangerous unicorn who is storming his way through the UX world, bringing a design and development strength with him that is rare to find, and I have been so lucky to spend the better part of the last year working closely with him. Stephen Caver who, despite his fondness for blazers with elbow patches (and to be fair, so do I) and a penchant for designing and developing like, well, like it’s his job, but with a passion about it that makes you think it’s his passion, instead of his job. I’d be remiss to not mention the incredible development stylings of Messrs. Matt Clark and Ryan Irelan who make it all look easy.

The offices of Happy Cog–New York, Philadelphia and what was San Fransisco and now is Austin, were all incredibly welcoming folks. They were as brilliant as you already assume, great at their jobs, and focused on building great experiences. This has been a feather in my cap, and one I’ll wear proudly for quite some time. I will miss them and the daily animated .gif attacks in Campfire.

And I will keep the experiences with me as I move forward down my own path. Time to get going on that!

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