Today is my last day at OmniTI.
From an email I just sent out to my soon-to-be-past colleagues:
“I sincerely wish you continued success as a company, and also as individuals who truly make up a significant portion of the best people in this industry. There are many things that OmniTI does very well, and I won't hesitate to refer business your way when the situation arises.
This past year and a half (or so) has been a bumpy road, but I'm absolutely sure I will look back on my time with OmniTI as a net-positive. Thank you all for supporting me and my team with our sometimes-(absurd | stupid | obvious | amateur | tough) questions and requests.”
The road ahead for OmniTI doesn't look nearly as bumpy, but after a very long period of thought, I finally decided to pursue other options around 6 weeks ago, and will now join the ranks of the funemployed.
Thanks for the opportunities, experience, insight, and tough problems, OmniTI.
2010 will be a great year. I'm already excited about some of the prospects that are in my future.
Bonus points if the title of this post seems familiar. (-:
Jon Tan
2009 Dec 18 10:17
Good luck with the new things that are sure to be coming your way soon, mate. It was good to work with you before I left (for anyone reading this who doesn't know, Sean is a supremely talented developer, engineer, and architect who anyone would be lucky to work alongside). Have a great Christmas season and here's to 2010!
Patrick Reilly
2009 Dec 18 10:25
Best of luck with your future prospects... Hope you and yours the happiest of holidays this year. May 2010 be a year for the record books and may bumpy roads be a thing of the past. ;)
I think I earned some bonus points.
Matthew Turland
2009 Dec 18 10:30
I think Patrick said it about as well as I would have, so I think I'll just throw in a +1. Oh yeah, and I think I earned bonus points too. :P
Robert Treat
2009 Dec 18 10:42
I have to say I am shocked by this news. I thought we worked well together. I'm not sure there isn't a future for us together; are you? Really? This is all just so sudden. I know I have been busy and maybe haven't been around as much as I should, but really I don't know where this is coming from. We can still get together right? I'll friend you on facebook! And twitter. and myspace. and orkut. and hi5. It's the least you can do right? I mean after all this time. To just go. I guess that's how you are. Really I thought differently about you. You know what?!? Screw you and your circular bacon! Thanks for ruining my Christmas! I'm sorry, I don't really mean that. You know I didn't mean that right? Have a great Christmas. I mean it. Or Festivus or whatever you guys celebrate in Canada. Really. I mean it. Good luck in future endeavors. Honestly. I'm going to go listen to some Dashboard Confessional now, but if you want to talk, you know how to reach me.
Greg
2009 Dec 18 10:49
http://omniti.com/was/sean-coates
:(
Chris Shiflett
2009 Dec 18 10:50
Really happy for you, Sean. I'm sure you'll soon be doing great things again, and I hope you tell us all about them.
Here's hoping the bumpy roads are behind us all. :-)
(I get bonus points, too.)
chancegarcia
2009 Dec 18 11:42
good luck!
and I am so using your letter as a template for whenever I leave a place. that was awesome.
Richard Thomas
2009 Dec 18 12:28
But is his letter valid anymore or have "significant portion of the best people in this industry" moved on to do other things
Sean Coates
2009 Dec 18 12:30
There are still some great people at OmniTI. Some have moved on, though.
S
Floren Munteanu
2009 Dec 18 12:45
All the nest for your future 2010 projects, Sean. Will you stay in Montreal?
We need to grab a beer eventually. :)
Sean Coates
2009 Dec 18 12:47
Thanks for the nest wishes (-;
Yep, I'm staying in Montreal.
S
Luke Welling
2009 Dec 18 13:44
Good luck Sean. I hope you are both busy and having fun ... of course, after a reasonable period of just having fun and not being at all busy.
Corey Cossentino
2009 Dec 18 17:21
Good luck Sean. You'll be missed. Hope you enjoy it wherever you end up.
Jon Gibbins
2009 Dec 19 07:03
Good luck, Sean! Enjoy your funemployment, and have yourself a very merry Christmas!
Lisa Band
2010 Jan 17 10:16
Hey Sean!
Wish you a happy new year and a lot of success and luck in 2010.
Greetz,
Lisa
mona baise
2010 Feb 02 09:03
Dear Sean,
I hope that you are doing fine.
OmniTI is a good place to work, but as everywhere else it is not perfect.
I hope that you enjoyed your time in the company and wish you good luck for the future
cheers
Zauberer Ulm
2010 Apr 10 13:45
Dear Sean,
I'm sure, you are missed. Hope you enjoy it wherever you end up.
Greets David
Fernsehsessel Blog
2010 Apr 26 04:23
Better late than never... Good luck and all the best!
Tomas Erichsen Zauberer
2010 Apr 30 12:23
Good luck Sean. You'll be missed. We will keep the fingers crossed !
Haus und Garten
2010 May 03 10:39
I wish you all the best for the futuer, Sean. Sometimes you must leave to find a better place...
hier
2010 May 27 04:37
Really happy for you, Sean. Good luck and all the best!
Zauberer Stuttgart
2010 May 28 17:29
All the best from me, too. You`ll have to look forward - not back.
Tomas Erichsen Zauberer
2010 Jul 12 02:17
It's a pitty, but all the best for you, greetings from germany
jonglage
2010 Jul 13 10:44
„Thanks for the opportunities, experience, insight, and tough problems, OmniTI.” <= brilliant="" :-)!="">
Armbanduhren
2010 Jul 14 02:56
Hmm, I’m not exactly an early bird, but still want to say: Best of luck with what you do now!
Thomas Kunstdruck
2010 Jul 15 04:49
There will be always bumpy roads ahead, just as the ones we passed. Bumps bring motion, and challenge. That’s how I see it. Go get’em, Tiger! (like Chinese … Year of the ~, you know? Haha!)