I am Leaving Live Oak
The Ancient Romans thought they had built a society that would last forever. Wikipedia disagrees, and the conventional wisdom of the day is that Wikipedia is right on this particular issue. When I first joined Live Oak in March 2006, I thought I would stay there forever. Looks like that was wrong, too. :(
I gave (almost) three weeks' notice at Live Oak on April 1. It's hard to put into words exactly what my rationale is. I see "creative differences" quoted a lot as a polite way of saying, "We're not going to tell you what wasn't right because it's none of your damn business," and that applies here to an extent. Perhaps a more enlightening thing to say is...all bodies of people, whether they be individuals, governments, churches, or companies, grow and morph and evolve. They are always changing, because the people they comprise come and go, and because the people that are always there are themselves changing, learning, and growing.
And so it is here. But, as is sometimes the case, I found myself in a situation where the company as a whole was growing and moving and changing in one direction, and I wasn't on the same boat. It's not that where Live Oak is going is wrong; it's just not in sync with...well, me. And, as I've slowly realized this over the course of the year, I finally realized that it was time to make the hard decision to leave a group I loved and go somewhere else. My last day at Live Oak will be this Friday, April 18.
For the interested, I have accepted a position at Pick-a-Prof, a service site for college students that aggregates and reports university grade records as well as provides students with tools to help manage their education. This is actually a site I used while in college (they started at A&M and are extremely popular there), and loved. Anyway, I will be a developer on that application.
I'm excited to start this new endeavor, but still having bittersweet feelings overall. Anyway, thanks to Andy and the Live Oak team for having me for the past two years—I will always remember you all and everything you taught me.
Posted by Luke at 8:50 p.m.
I'm glad to see you moving on in a positive direction with your career. Is there more money to be had at the new employer? And do you have the privilege of working from home?
Posted by Chris on 2008.04.14 at 11:51 p.m.
Yes and no, respectively.
Posted by Luke on 2008.04.15 at 12:03 a.m.
Hi Luke,
I'm reading Plato right now and was wondering what Socrates' connection to the Sophists was. I started googling to see if I could familiarize myself with the debate of whether he was in fact a Sophist and I happened upon your paper "Was Socrates a Sophist?" I'd be really keen to read it actually. I happen to think he wasn't, but I don't know much about the debate. Is it possible for you to post it?
Thanks!
Posted by readingPlato on 2008.04.16 at 12:18 a.m.
I wrote it for a class, and don't think I have it anymore (I lost it in the great hard drive crash of 2006).
Posted by Luke on 2008.04.16 at 11:02 a.m.
The whole comprises the parts. The parts are comprised in the whole. The parts compose the whole. The whole is composed of the parts.
Posted by loyalfriend on 2008.05.09 at 1:57 a.m.
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