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Oh, the opportunities with SharePoint. Oh the places I’ll go!
I have a lot to thank Microsoft and SharePoint. It’s was one of the hardest, but best decisions I ever made taking a pay cut to come work for Microsoft, and moving my family from Plano (Murphy), Texas to a Redmond Washington suburb, Duvall. It’s been a wonderful ride and I have a ton of people to thank for both the opportunities to work with them whether for pleasure or lessons learned through hard knocks.
If SharePoint was a person then I’d give her a big kiss. She’s been really great. I'd also tell her, I'm not going anywhere. I'll still be there for her.
So, I’m on to the next step in my career.
What will I be doing? That’s an interesting question.
· SharePoint Global evangelism
· SharePoint Consulting, whitepapers, advisory and analyst work
· SharePoint Community involvement
· Speaking at SharePoint and Technical conferences around the globe
All of the above. What I don’t know is who I’ll be doing these things for yet, or if I’ll be doing them for myself. I do plan to make a decision one way or another in the next few weeks.
Don’t miss me, cause I’m not going anywhere. I’m still Joel Oleson in the blogosphere and I’m still as passionate about SharePoint as I was yesterday.
Love,
Joel Oleson
Your favorite SharePoint Blogger.
All the best Joel! Hope to see you around the globe soon. :-)
Chandima
I have enjoyed/learned lots about Sharepoint from you Joel, thanks and the best of everything!
Good luck, Joel! I'm moving on myself to another SharePoint-related company. :)
You WILL be missed from MS, but not from the world :)
You've been an inspiration to me and many others.
We all look forward to great things no matter where you decide to go.
So this is the job description that Arpan speaks of?
http://members.microsoft.com/careers/search/details.aspx?JobID=DFCF618A-F489-43CC-B40B-2A3F0DE16E26&start=1&interval=10
Seems like they're setting the bar a little low with only a requirement of 4+ years of consulting...
We'll miss you Joel.
Interesting that there's only a requirement of 4+ years of consulting... Who will be the next great architect?
Hi Joel,
I've never commented on a single post, but thought I would this time. I must represent many 1,000s of anonymous lurkers on your Blog who've benefited immensely from your SharePoint wisdom but never let you know how much.
Thanks for your efforts... and I hope sincerely and self-interestedly that you keep them up!
All the best for the future.
What?? Joel can't go! Who else will we speak of as a SharePoint demigod? Who's blog will I 'now' quote as if it's the bible? Arghh.. go if you must Joel. You will certainly be missed. Best of luck.
"The word of the LORD that came to Joel the (Ole)son... Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the (SharePoint)land... Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation:" (Joel, Chapter 1 -
http://www.mechon-mamre.org/e/et/et1401.htm)
Joel Oleson is leaving Microsoft! Who would've believe!
Thanks for all the help and knowledge donation to the MOSS community, and may GOD (and alittle help from your friends...) be with you all along the way!
See you in Israel soon!
נפל דבר בעולם ה- MOSS - האדמו"ר Joel Oleson עוזב את מייקרוסופט להלן דברי ההספד שנשאתי ב-comments
Thanks for all the great posts and I wish you good luck in whatever you are doing next!
We should keep in touch! :)
Good luck!
Hoping to continue reading great posts on your blog, and maybe even seeing you while you are going around the world doing SharePoint stuff. :)
Keep up the good work..
Dor.
Joel Oleson is leaving the SharePoint Technical Product Management team at Microsoft.  Working on
All the best for the future mate, see you soon.