Jay Johengen
Altamahaw-Ossipee, North Carolina, United States
Hey Steve,
Glad you took that the way that I intended it. You may have been the only one. <g>
>>Makes me wonder though if it wasn't Steve who was the
>>(expletive deleted) idiot to send it out before it
>> was finalized to group of not-quite-that-close personal friends.
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>lol
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>Let me use your post to clarify a couple of things, Jay.
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>First, my engagement has been finalized. We're just waiting on the lawyers to get us a contract to sign. My new employers are as anxious for me to get to work on this endeavor as I am to get started. I wouldn't have "gone public" had it not been a "done deal".
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>Second, I sent an email to as many folks in the community for whom I had valid email addresses. It wasn't "private" in the sense that I didn't want folks in this community to know that I was embarking on a new career - quite the contrary - just that I didn't want the details of why and how I changed careers to be something that my new employers, vendors and customers might stumble across by doing a Google search. As you said, this was for the benefit of others in the community. I've received at least one response from a noted member of our community who said that he could have written that page himself.
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>Here is the paragraph from my original email:
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>Please feel free to pass the link above along to anyone who expresses an interest, but I'd appreciate your not posting this on any public forums or newsgroups - it's a "private" link that isn't exposed anywhere on my website as I don't want this visible to my new employers or customers - Thanks.
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>Third, Andrew put the link to that page in his blog in error, not in any attempt to go against my wishes. It was an honest mistake, I'm sure. I asked Michel to remove the link (not the entire message) and he said it was against the policy of the UT to engage in any censorship, and I have to respect that.
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>Lastly, it ain't the end of the world - stuff happens, ya know?
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>I appreciate the kind words many have spoken in this thread. I'm glad that I've made a noticeable contribution to people's professional lives. I will miss this community. I love writing and speaking and sharing, and can only hope that I'll be able to do more of this in my new career.
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>My best to you all.
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