dukeya!

After nearly nine years at Yahoo!, this is my last week. (No April Fools.)

I joined June 1, 1999 as employee #972. That number now ranks 177 of over 14,000 current employees, so there was little I could do to shake the old-timer label.

It's been an emotional farewell to a team and company I love, but I am excited about my opportunities ahead. I'll talk about that later, but for now a quick look back:

• 10 Cubes
• 7 Bosses
• 6 Patents
• 5 Titles
• 4 Vacations longer than 1 week
• 3229 Days
• <30 Free coffees
• >100 Free tshirts
• >1,000,000,000 Installs of my products

Thank you Yahoo! and farewell.

/d