After more than three years working at Imtech ICT Integrated Solutions as a Software Engineer it's time for me for a change. Today is my last day at Imtech.
I came to Imtech a little more than three years ago as an intern. My first assignment was to create a generic toolkit for migrating content from one Content Management System to another. This was back in the days when all I knew was PHP and developing software was mostly for fun.
Right after I was done with my first assignment at Imtech, I got a job offer. And so I became a Software Engineer at Imtech ICT Business Solutions. That felt really cool: working with a lot of smart people around knowing all the stuff I have never even heard of.
On my very first day at Imtech I started working with MOSS 2007. The first project I worked on is still on-line: http://www.surf.nl.
In the last three years I've been working mostly on Web Content Management solutions built using the Office SharePoint Server 2007 platform. Together with my colleagues at Imtech, I've worked on some pretty cool SharePoint stuff. I wrote about some of them on this blog.
Working at Imtech was real fun and when I look back at it, it feels to me like a journey travelled with the speed of light. Just three years ago I had not a single clue about developing in .NET whatsoever. Then all of a sudden I started working on SharePoint solutions and at some point, I even started understanding what I was doing: that was the moment when I realized how cool SharePoint is and how many different things you can do with it. I got so fascinated with it, that I wasn't doing anything else for the next three years. You know the rest of this story…
Looking back at what I have achieved, I could've never done that alone. It is thanks to the great people around me that I am where I am now. I would like to thank all of you for your patience, coaching, great feedback and great time we had together. I will miss you, guys! Good luck to you with all the new challenges in 2010 and I hope to see you soon!
And what am I going to do next? I will tell you about it tomorrow on the first day of my new job…
March 31st, 2010 at 7:20 am
Waldek, hope you keep blogging! Your posts and your tools are very helpful!
Good luck for the future,
David
March 31st, 2010 at 7:23 am
We will miss you too Waldek! I think you have made a good decision to move on but at the same time I am very sad that you leave. It is true that your career is developing with the speed of light. And most of the time I couldn't keep up with your speed! But nevertheless I hope that you have also learned a few things from an old guy like me ;)
We have had great fun and have worked on great projects together and I am sure I will visit your blog very often and we will keep in contact. I wish you all the best at your new job and thank you!
March 31st, 2010 at 7:33 am
@John: It was great pleasure working with you and I definitely learned from you many things among which patience and creativity. Thank *you*!
March 31st, 2010 at 9:55 am
It's still too bad that you're leaving, i learned a lot and i had a great time working together with you on things like OCD :) I wish you the best of luck on your new job and i'm sure i'll see you again on events and such!
March 31st, 2010 at 10:38 am
@Jeffrey: thanks man. Still, feel free to ping me anytime you have some ideas you want to verify. I'm not disappearing from the surface of the Earth.
March 31st, 2010 at 12:22 pm
Hi Waldek,
This is suresh from India working as a sharepoint developer for the past 3 years. Sometimes i referred your blog thru googling. Good posts..
All the best for your future.
Keep posting updates in sharepoint 2010.
Rdgs,
Suresh.
March 31st, 2010 at 12:30 pm
@Suresh: thank you, Suresh :)
March 31st, 2010 at 12:32 pm
@David: thanks David, I appreciate it :D
March 31st, 2010 at 6:35 pm
Wish you ALL THE BEST!!!
I am sure you would be joining company like MSFT….You rock man!!! Keep blogging dont stop it man!!!
April 2nd, 2010 at 10:09 pm
Waldek, time might have been too short for me to give some more impact on your professional career but nevertheless ,as you know, i beleive in open networks and in the last 12 years i learned that openness and respect is de most important asset for professionals. Thanks for your respect, openness, trust and professionalism and i am pretty sure we will meet again to drive some great projects in the future.
April 3rd, 2010 at 1:45 pm
@Edwin: Thanks, Edwin. Although we've worked together for not that long, it was a great pleasure working with you and thinking about ways to take our offers to the next level. Thanks again for the great time and good luck in 2010!