Goodbye, Tumblr. Itās been fun.
Today is my final day over here at Tumblr, and it absolutely breaks my heart.Ā
I look back at my first day at Tumblr, having just gotten off the bus from Philadelphia, with just a small bag of clothes, on the Sunday before work. Worrying what I had just gotten myself into, but being greeted by smiling faces and getting dropped right into writing code. The next day, I started learning the system and working on understanding all the ways we scaled a site of this size.
From that time, Iāve seen the organization grow from 30ish people to where it sits now with almost 300 people and every second of it has been exciting. I was challenged every step of the way and hopefully, I challenged others to put their best forward. I myself have grown quite a bit, from the rinky dink engineer to a Senior Engineer who got to give talks over the country about Tumblrās architecture. For those opportunities, I am eternally grateful.Ā
Probably the most important thing about Tumblr, are the people. I feel that Iāve met lifelong friends here and people who will be there to help and advise me throughout the rest of my career. Iāve had so much fun here with everyone, itās so hard to put into words. Most importantly though, Tumblr gave me my beautiful fiancee. Without her, Iād still be eating Dorito Sandwiches, with a couch on my landing and most likely would continue to take the bus back and forth to Philadelphia on the weekends rather than enjoying NYC in all its glory.
I have never worked with more passionate or more talented people in my (granted, short) career and for that I thank every single person at Tumblr, past and present, for the best experience anyone could ever hope for.
Iām excited to start working on my own startup, and hopefully have a portion of the monstrous success that I have had over at Tumblr.Ā
Thank you so much, David & the rest of Tumblr, for inspiring me to keep reaching for the next big thing and to never be afraid to take the plunge into the depths of the unknown.










