Leaving Microsoft....
Tuesday, May 27 2008
“If you want to make God laugh, tell him about your plans.” -- Woody Allen
Family issues have come up in my home state of Texas that require my immediate, long-term attention. An unfortunate, if not inevitable, ripple-effect from my father's passing a couple of years ago. I've been frantically packing my house starting this weekend, because I need to be in Texas in a couple of weeks to pack up another one. The next couple of months will be...interesting.
What does this mean for me? Well, obviously I won't be Mr "Inside XNA" anymore, I'll be just like you, writing games for the Xbox LIVE Community Game service in preparation for the RTM of the service. I'll still hang out in the XNA forums as well (plus some more time on Gamedev.Net), but moving and selling two homes (mine and my mom's) will keep me pretty busy for the next month or two. On the other hand, what free time I have will be spent doing what I love the most: writing!
For those that have followed my blog all these years, please accept my apologies for the abruptness of the announcement -- although if you've been monitoring my twitters over the last week, this blog post shouldn't come as much of a surprise. But don't worry too much, as I still fully intend to continue offering insights and commentary on XNA and game development.
I'll blog more about my happenings as time goes along, for now though, I have a house to pack (and now I wish I'd spent more time at the gym!)
P.S. -- If you want to hear more about the new XNA Community Games stuff, be sure to check out my final podcast interview (at least as a Microsoft employee), recorded last week, with Major Nelson and Dax Hawkins.
47 comment(s)
Farewell buddy... it will take the MVPs years to break someone new in.
Good luck Dave. God bless.
Good luck Dave. Hope all works out for the best.
Sorry to hear you're leaving. I've been reading your blog for over a year or so. Thanks for being an excellent source of information. I'll stay subscribed to your feed, but can you recommend another so I can stay up on XNA? I hope things work out for you and your family.
Best of luck Dave. You're going to be missed. The MVP summit just won't be the same without you.
DustoMan, I don't have a "source" for you now..keep an eye on Michael Klucher (klucher.com) or Shawn Hargreaves blog
Wow! I must not have been paying attention since this caught me by surprise. I hope everything works out at home. MS is losing a great guy!
/me wonders what us MVPs will do for post-Summit fun now
wow indeed ... best of luck on whatever comes next man. Thanks for everything you did for xna in your time with microsoft :-)
wow indeed ... best of luck on whatever comes next man. Thanks for everything you did for xna in your time with microsoft :-)
wow indeed ... best of luck on whatever comes next man. Thanks for everything you did for xna in your time with microsoft :-)
wow indeed ... best of luck on whatever comes next man. Thanks for everything you did for xna in your time with microsoft :-)
wow indeed ... best of luck on whatever comes next man. Thanks for everything you did for xna in your time with microsoft :-)
wow indeed ... best of luck on whatever comes next man. Thanks for everything you did for xna in your time with microsoft :-)
wow indeed ... best of luck on whatever comes next man. Thanks for everything you did for xna in your time with microsoft :-)
Good luck, Dave! Hope everything works out for you family-wise.
Good luck in the future, and I agreee with Andy it is going to take us ages to get someone else broken in.
Sorry to see you go Dave, but family comes first. Good luck and I look forward to working with you again.
Sorry to hear your leaving Dave. All the best, and thanks so much for all your fantastic support, encouragement & humor. I'm pretty sure XNA is the best thing since sliced bread.
Wow... we'll all miss you on the team, Dave. Best of luck to you and your family.
Dustoman, I'd also suggest the XNA Team blog for all official announcements.
Sorry you have to go. Have the best of luck in the future.
I'm glad I got to meet you at the summit this year.
Good luck, pal. You'll need it.
Best of luck to you on your journeys. It's been fun reading all of your views, and I look forward to seeing if anything changes after leaving Microsoft. Most who have left only have good things to say.
Farewell Dave, it's sad to see you go, but some things in life are just more important. Good luck to you! :)
You will be missed. Family comes first; you are doing the right thing.
Best of luck and I hope all goes well!
I'm hoping to hear more from you soon.
A huge loss for the community but good luck Dave!
well dave the xbox community will miss you as a member of the xba team but we understand you got a family and that comes first i heard the podcast and im intrested in the software to make games but i got a bad pc so i cant make one but i wish you the best in life and i hope you can come back to the company in the future your friend omega
Good luck and Godspeed!
I'll be praying for you that everything goes well!
Good luck to you Dave, it's been an honor having you on my friends list all these years, and was happy to see you on Major's show again a couple days ago. I hope everything goes well for you.
Wow... that was unexpected. Wishing you well, wherever you end up.
Really sorry to hear that and I wish you the best. Family is the most important thing. MS is losing one of its better people.
I love you man! No Homo..... I wish you the best man! You rock! If it wasn't for you I wouldn't be learning this XNA stuff and I thank you. No need to apologize for leaving, you gotta do what ya gotta do. Take care! :)
Sorry to see you leave. I hope things are well with your family.
Good luck to you Dave! We''ll await your return to the forums.
thanks for all your hard work! were going to miss you. good luck with everything
Sorry to see you go mate. But you have to put your family first. I am sure everyone at Microsoft and the Xbox team will miss you and I hope you get sorted with a fun job after you do what you have yo do.
Good luck! :)
My prayers for your family, best of luck in your future!
I am sorry to hear about your father passing, as well as the difficulties it has presented for you. All the best to you & yours,
Sorry about your loss as well as to see you leave. Good luck, man!
Sad to see you go, maybe after you sort things out, you can go back to Microsoft - I guess, they will always have a spot open for you. Good luck!
I forgot to ask - can I have your job?
/me blushes at lame attempt to lighten the mood
:)
Sad to hear that you're leavng, I really hope things work well.
Good luck.
Dave, you'll be sorely missed - the MVPs could not have had a better manager and representative. I wish you all the best in your future endeavours, and hope to cross paths with you again in the future. At the very least I'll look out for you on Gamedev :-)
Jim, you're welcome to my old job...just be careful what you wish for -- you just might get it :-)
I'm sorry to see you go Dave. You were a straight talker seemingly among a bunch of industry-disruptive types.
Best of luck, Dave. It was nice meeting you at Summit and you will be missed next year.