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Today was my last day at deviantART :(
It all came together very suddenly, and every next step feels like it's happening even faster than the last one. This Wednesday I received a really exciting offer that made my heart race. It was a scary kind of excitement. It was definitely out of my comfort zone. And the more I sat there, not thinking about it, the more I was thinking about it.
I will leave the details of my next endeavor for another day, but I wanted to take this oportunity to reflect on almost 3 full years as dA staff, a dt (https://www.deviantart.com/dt) developer, and what it all meant.
These past 3 years have been incredible. I've gotten to work side by s
you tagged me, now I own it.
This week I attended LeWeb London, a two-day affair described as "Europe's leading Internet conference on innovation and entrepeneurship"
For the most part, the conference was great, an amazing opportunity to meet amazing people, either already established in the industry or just getting started in it. I had no specific agenda there (wasn't pitching or shopping for anything) but I got to talk to a couple dozen new people, all of whom were very polite.
The topic of the conference seemed to be the "sharing economy", a term I've grown to hate during the first day of the conference simply because of the number of times it was said out loud. It
bai, devwear
there's no easy way to say this, but devwear (deviantwear / deviantart gear) is no more :'( http://deviantartgear.deviantart.com/journal/Fond-Memories-The-deviantART-Gear-Store-is-Closed-374507832
for years, before becoming staff, I drooled over the selection of t-shirts and hoodies in the dA store, the cost of shipping them to Croatia and the extra cost Customs would slap on proving prohibitive.
also, I couldn't pick just one. I needed it ALL.
then, 3 years ago I joined dt (https://www.deviantart.com/dt) and gained access to the treasure chest - the devwear "closet" (warehouse)
oh, mai, that first xmas party. Christmas 2010., when I discovered the staff-only perk
april fools and stuff
first of all, April Fools'
wow.
shahyarg (https://www.deviantart.com/shahyarg) thought it'd be "funny" if the deviantHEART matchup super-secret-sauce first sent a tiny chunk of traffic my way (or haldron (https://www.deviantart.com/haldron)'s) before doing its magic
result? hundreds of notes and comments, and 3500 pageviews, about 3450 more than my daily average. I replied to a good chunk of notes and comments, but I still have some 120 to get through. I've attempted to reply to anyone who put more effort in than just sending the default message, even though I replied to a bunch of those as well. If I never get to yours, sorry, it really was an overwhelming amount of traffic.
I do think this years pran
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