From hyro to ....

I’ve put this off for a while but it is worth noting now.
Lucien picked up that I added an end date on my employment history on the wiki. Now I get to say why.

I originally join HotMagna, a small agile company that focused on simple Java solutions to technical issues. About the time I joined they were bought out by hyro. Like any joining, there was a little turbulence whilst the company worked itself out and I was happy to sit through it and assist in its transformation. hyros focus has been more on creative solutions and assisting companies in advertising their services.
For the past year or so, hyro has gone from an interest to buying Synergy, acquiring Synergy and starting to integrating their business into the hyro “family”. This is where things started to get hard for me. We now had 3 companies that approach different problems and internally, solved problems in very different ways. Whilst I have no doubt that once the company as a whole works out its direction, it will be an interesting company and place to work; it has got in the way of me coding.
And there focus is definitely on me.

I want to code. I miss the days of Uni where I would wake up early Saturday and code through day and some of the night until I needed to sleep. I can’t do that in a standard business because budget is always going to get in the way.

Many have pondered what I will be doing after I leave. The most direct answer I can give is sleeping in. After that, I’m not sure.
There are a couple of options that I have available:

• A couple of friends have caught wind of my intentions, and would be happy to work with me (more development).


• My brother is always looking for more people to join him as an air conditioner architect.


• I’m tempted to find out how hard it is to make money out of google ads on a website.


• I could also chase the dream of building entry level websites for small business owners.

I’m probably not going to look for anything in December since most people will be gearing down for Christmas. I am going on holiday with the family in January so I won’t be looking for a job then either.

If I come up with anything else that might be relevant, I’ll let you know.

-= Comments
1. Andrew B Coathup | November 6th, 2007 at 11:45 pm
Leaving your first job is very hard.

Leaving and not having anything lined up is a big step.

Enjoy the summer break. There are companies out there where you can just code. If I had more time in my day then I could do that where I am. Don’t give up the coding.

I know people who have lived the dream and set up there own companies. There is still lots of money (and fun) to be had doing applications for very niche markets. The VB boys did that for all of the 90’s.

Good luck. You have made a big step.

I did the same 2 and a 1/2 years in to my first job and went travelling.

2. Xavier | November 7th, 2007 at 1:20 pm
Nice one. It really annoys me when people complain about their jobs but won’t quit.

Steve Pavlina has some really good articles on making money out of a blog (and life in general), which I’d highly recommend.

Also, come along to the melbourne ruby meetup next thursday. Always companies looking for good people, plus it’s a good crowd to have a drink with. And it’s ruby! Also, I am doing a presentation