All good things must come to an end. And it is with mixed emotions that I'm sharing that I will no longer be employed with BlackBerry as of next month. It has been an interesting 4.5 years with the company. Now is a good time to tell you a bit more about my journey.
Back in Jan/Feb 2009 I had ended a contract with HP and decided to book a one way flight to Vancouver to see if I could start a new future there. The first day in Vancouver I received an email requesting an interview with RIM 3000 kms away back in Waterloo. So here I am about to start a new adventure in a new city and have a calling to go back to my old University town. I wasn't overly eager at the beginning but this was around the time of the global financial crisis and I was quickly discovering that the job market in Vancouver was not well suited to my skill sets at that time. Plus it was a good opportunity at a company with a good reputation. I flew back for the interview about 3 weeks later. It took a few months to get everything sorted but started the job in June that year.
Fast forward 4 years and I'm now married and living in Sydney working in a much different role. It has been a great trip and a lot of good stuff happened between now and when I first started. Thanks for the "Roller Coaster" BlackBerry. Now on to bigger and better things. Wish me luck.
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