Well yesterday was my final day at Wachovia. It was really hard to say goodbye to all the wonderful friends and colleagues I have made there but it was time to move on. It was really difficult to leave such a great team that has created so many wonderful applications over the last couple of years. Their Agile mind sets have been cultivated to the point of self sustainability and only great things can come from this group in the future.
My future path has lead to Rackspace where I will take on the role of an Enterprise Application Architect. This will be a challenge for me since I really have a distaste for the term Architect as most of the individuals I have met in the past have little to zero exposure in application development. This lack of experience has resulted in maneuvering this position as more of a governance and standards body, encroaching and decapitating development groups from producing great software under the guise of strategic vision and corporate guidance. (Can you tell I am a little bitter?)
My goal is to partner and help the application development groups ALL create great software. Utilizing the agile and pragmatic tool box to find the best tool for any given job. In the end, the standards and policies will reveal themselves through the result of working software and ONLY though working software. Partnership, transparency and open communication will be the foundation of the architecture. Well it is time to put my money where my mouth is and get er done!
If anyone has been considering a job in San Antonio, I highly recommend Rackspace. Their culture and principle help to foster creativity which results in creating a leading IT hosting provider.
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Good luck Joe. Soon enough the thrill of the new job will shadow all the mixed feelings of leaving the previous one.
@Sergio
Thank you for your kind words.
Welcome to the team Joe, hopefully this transition will help to eliminate some of that distaste for “Architects”, and you enjoy your new team as much as your last.
Tom Sands
Chief Network Engineer
Rackspace IT Hosting
Joe, Welcome aboard. As one who comes from application development, your idea of architect is refreshing. I’m looking forward to partnering with you to create great, working software.
Dan Comer
Sr. Director, Application Development
Rackspace
Welcome to a wonderfully challenging place to work and help build! It’s now time to practice what we preach and live ‘fanatically!’
@ Tom, Dan, Scott
WOW I had know idea you all read my blog! Thanks for the words of encouragement.
@Joe
So I guess you can’t blog any more about all the jerks you work with…they’re reading your blog!
@Jimmy
No joke!
Congrats on the new job. I recently got a new job and it was really interesting to see the people who read my blog or listened to my podcast. They weren’t things I put on my resume so I didn’t expect it. But in this day and age, I suppose everyone is googled before they are hired.