A new job

As of Monday I’m joining the fine folks at Automattic Inc. I’m looking forward to the change, and hope to bring some new things to Wordpress and other Automattic projects.

Since it’s a full time job, I’m no longer accepting freelance Textpattern work. Anyone needing custom Textpattern development should contact Team Textpattern. Mary and the rest of the team are working on launching some new services soon, so stay tuned for news.

New subscriptions to Redirect Pro are currently unavailable. I’m hoping to work out an arrangement where the Textpattern dev team will publish Redirect Pro — and other as-yet unreleased plugins. Existing subscribers can still access documentation and downloads, and I’ll continue to honour support requests.

10 June 2007, 08:10 by Alex ·

Wow, that’s some big news. I’m happy for you as I know you have a family to support and you’re an excellent programmer who deserves a good job.

However I’m very sad to see you leave Textpattern. It’s been an odd ride for Textpattern lately in many respects. I hope it all works out well for everyone. I’m sure it will as TXP has one of the best communities out there and an opensource product that is beautiful and elegant.

I’m very glad Wet and Ruud joined the TXP dev team when they did otherwise this would have been a really big blow.

But what does this mean for Textile?

— Robin    Jun 10, 06:59 pm    #

Robin,

Consensus seems to be that Textpattern is a community project. One absent developer shouldn’t make a difference.

As for Textile: I hope to continue maintaining it. A 2.0.1 release is just a couple of stubborn bugfixes away.

— Alex    Jun 10, 07:16 pm    #

That’s good news. Also what will happen to those great looking pro-plugins you were previewing (particularly the dynamic cache one).

— Robin    Jun 10, 07:36 pm    #

Maybe Textile will become core Wordpress :-)

Anyway, good for you to have a stable, interesting job Alex. Good luck.

— Jérémie    Jun 10, 09:34 pm    #

holy schnikees.
Congrats Alex.

Interesting news.

— matthew Smith    Jun 11, 02:56 am    #

Congratulations Alex!
Sad to see you go from Textpattern though…

All the best!

— Els    Jun 11, 03:59 am    #

Wow! Congratulations.

They are definitely getting a great addition to the their team.

— hakjoon    Jun 11, 05:02 am    #

Your link to the automattic website is broken.

— Hey    Jun 11, 05:54 am    #

thanks for all the best.

good luck.

— kus    Jun 11, 11:40 am    #

Congratulations. I hope you find your new role fulfilling and in line with your interests.

— bignose    Jun 11, 01:39 pm    #

Thanks for your great plugins and all the best for your future.

Out of curiosity: would you call the the experiment with subscription plugins (Redirect Pro v1) a success story? Without wanting to poke my nose to deep into this – could you share your experiences?

— gerhard    Jun 11, 04:35 pm    #

I’m happy for you, Maestro.
And I wish you the best.

But also, so sad to read this news…

Do you think you will ever come back?
I hope so.

— Maniquí    Jun 12, 02:21 am    #

gerhard: Redirect Pro wasn’t a big commercial success, but as a proof of concept it worked well enough.

— Alex    Jun 12, 10:46 am    #

Thanks for all your stellar contributions to Textpattern, Alex. I’m sure you’ll do great things for WordPress, and I wish you luck in your new job.

Take care, and come back and see us in the forum sometime.

— Adam Messinger    Jun 13, 09:39 am    #

Alex – sounds like good news for you. Can you recommend an individual consultant or an organisation to assist nlc with its projects?

Antony

— Antony Sabato    Jun 13, 11:16 am    #

Congratulations on the new job.

Sorry to see you leave TXP but good luck for the future.

— Stuart    Jun 23, 06:39 pm    #

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