The journey continues @ Peter Ledbrook

The journey continues

Posted on November 28th, 2012 Peter 12 comments

Last Friday (23 Nov 2012) was my last day at VMware. I’ve had a great time there and really enjoyed working with the team. So why leave? The two main ones are:
- to focus on Grails in Action 2nd edition; and
- to do some training and consulting to help teams navigate the big changes happening in the development space.
This doesn’t mean I will be disappearing from the Grails scene – far from it. I’m hoping that I will have a bit more time to work on some of my plugins and maybe some other projects (such as gvm, which I’m contributing to atm). I’ll see how it pans out.

Any switch to consulting won’t happen until later in the new year though as I focus on the book. I’m keen to get it to our patient readers as soon as possible! And preferably before Grails 3 comes out

I’d like to end by thanking VMware for the support they have given the Groovy & Grails projects and for giving me the opportunity to learn some news skills and to continue contributing to the OS community.

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12 responses to “The journey continues”
1. Guillaume Laforge November 28th, 2012 at 15:00
  
  It’s been a pleasure working with you, Peter, and I wish you all the best for whatever’s next!
  
  See you soon in London!
2. Søren Berg Glasius November 28th, 2012 at 15:24
  
  Hi Peter,
  
  Congratulations on your new journey. I’m glad to know, that you will still be a big part of the Grails community.
  
  I hope that your journey takes you to Copenhagen in May for GR8Conf 2013!
  
  Best of luck,
  Søren
3. Wanderson Santos November 28th, 2012 at 19:25
  
  Thanks for all you work!
4. Steve Holmes November 28th, 2012 at 21:12
  
  Good luck Peter! I’m looking forward to seeing what you produce in your next ventures.
5. Eric Bottard November 29th, 2012 at 15:23
  
  Good luck with your next endeavours Peter, it’s been a real pleasure working with you!
6. Armin Keyvanloo November 30th, 2012 at 11:08
  
  Looking forward to the release of Grails in Action 2nd edition!
  
  May the force…..
7. Sebastien Arbogast December 1st, 2012 at 00:56
  
  Sorry to see you leave but congrats for your continued involvement with the community and thanks a lot for all your contributions.
  I can’t help but worry though about the future of Grails as a priority for VMWare without such a fine evangelist as you. Do you know if they intend to replace you? Job opening?
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11. Ronny Løvtangen December 6th, 2012 at 21:19
  
  That’s unfortunate. You’re probably the best thing that happened to the community. Hope there will be someone to take over your job position.
  
  Good luck with the book, and your consulting business. Glad to hear that you will continue to contribute to the community.
12. Delton Phillips December 25th, 2012 at 21:16
  
  Congrats, we’ve learnt so much from you, all the best on future endeavours.
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