It’s been a pretty remarkable 2017 for me – so much so, that it’s worth (for me) a little reflection.<\/p>\n
This time last year, I had made the choice to leave Microsoft (but hadn’t told anyone yet). I went into work the week after Christmas (when nobody is there), and quietly cleaned out a bunch of personal stuff (I didn’t know if my resignation would be met with a “walk to the door” or not). Many of my reflections at the time made it into The Breakup<\/a>, and the feelings that went into that post haven’t changed.<\/p>\n I officially left Microsoft in mid-January, and after a week off, began a journey at Unity that I have had absolutely zero regrets about. It’s been such a good mixture of problems I\u00a0know<\/em> how to solve (same movie, different cast), brand new challenges I\u00a0don’t know<\/em> how to solve, and wonderful, passionate people every direction I go. My new direct reports have all helped me so much in learning about the people and business at Unity.<\/p>\n In the meantime, I’m super-proud of the direction of the AB Testing Podcast<\/a>, and how it’s helped me in my role at Unity (and how Unity have given me freedom to experiment using the principles of Modern Testing that Brent and I discuss frequently). Based on our vague plans for 2018, I’m even more excited about where our podcasting journey will take us.<\/p>\n I blogged a bunch of times – sometimes about testing, sometimes about Unity, and sometimes a combination. I also started the Five for Friday<\/a> series which I hope folks find valuable.<\/p>\n I had a light speaking schedule in 2017 (although less light than the previous year where I was pretty much locked inside of Microsoft). I spoke at the Online Testing Conference, and then late in the year at Heisenbug. Next year is kicking off with three external talks in the first half of the year – that’s a bit more than I’d\u00a0like\u00a0<\/em>to do, but an achievable task.<\/p>\n