Reflections of telligent
Since we now have the tools to be personally notified of plane crashes within 30 seconds of them happening, no doubt you've already heard about Telligent's Reduction In Force yesterday. It was a crazy day, for sure, with the now infamous "knocks on the door" starting mid-morning straight after a daily standup call where we all discussed Jason's leaving the day before. One of the devs I worked with got his knock while on the phone - "oh, gotta go" were the last words heard.
By midday we were all reeling from the news, and remote workers like me were glued to IM and twitter. We thought it was over, but after a conference call, at 1:02pm my phone rang too..
Working at Telligent was a lot of fun and a lot of hard work. I've been there 3 years, 6 months which at the time seemed like I was joining the party late with about 20 employees I think. Looking back now, I feel like one of the original team! Many things have changed as Telligent has grown, and I've seen the challenges first-hand that text books discuss when a startup hits certain growth milestones. I sincerely hope they'll pull through this stage.
I've made a lot of new friends at Telligent, and I wish them all well; we'll stay in touch the same ways we always have. My social network has never been larger, and support over twitter from unknown followers has been unexpected but great.
Thanks, and stay tuned for the next exciting step! I'm already starting to look forward to this...