The WorkHabit San Diego offices are now closed
Yesterday, on Cyber Monday, the WorkHabit offices in San Diego officially closed, and it is with great regret that I report this news.
The offices were opened on August 8th, 2008 and lasted almost four months. It was a great ride while it lasted! There were even plans for an office space downtown, but they were eventually abandoned in favor of an at-home working environment. The single biggest flaw in the plan, J. Lambert and I have come to understand, is the fact that a medium to large Drupal shop cannot run a satellite office with no clear leadership while trying to shepherd everyone under the home-office management umbrella. It just doesn't work.
The better way to go would have been to follow the RainCity model of treating each office as it's own entity, complete with local management and projects, and only cross-pollinate where appropriate or necessary. We tried and tried and tried to make the One Company, One Team, Two Offices idea work, but it's over now. The single biggest loss to the community was the removal of Community Fridays where employees get paid to work on contrib module ideas and patches. Ah well, live and learn.
The next time I wanna start a satellite office in San Diego, somebody stop me?
Ical feed
Sorry to hear.
Sorry to hear that. I was very happy at the idea of another Drupal shop here in San Diego.
I don't know why everyone just doesn't just move down here, anyway.
:)
It's the weather
The weather here is too good for people to move in. They're all afraid that once they get here, they'll never be able to leave?!
/me goes back to his beach party hamburger cookout-in-December while soaking up the balmy 71 degree sun.
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Senpai
That is so sad.
So are you staying here? What's the deal with you now... are you staying here? What is up with our meetings? Are we still going to have them?
What a bummer. I really like where WorkHabit is headed, and the SD office sealed the deal on working w/ them, you.
Oh baby, I'm still around!
I'll still be around, kickin the Drupal tires here in sunny S.D. We're still having meetings, I'm still leading the San Diego DUG, and this doesn't lessen the chances of you and I working together in the least. You're only in Carlsbad, after all. ;-)
I've been toying with an idea to try and have a meetup closer to the Northerners on a rotating basis. Think about this. We do an every-other-month meeting at Platt College because they have great facilities for training and presentations. Then, we have our alternate months at a secondary location that's closer to the Ja Jolla, Torrey Pines, Del Mar area. Then, you guys could participate more easily,and you could start getting your gang rallied.
Plus, it'd be a lot easier for people like Nick Russell and Brenda Boggs to make it to a meetup if they didn't have to drive for a hour right after a full workday.
Matt, did you know you're now an admin on the San Diego group? So get busy! ;-)
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Sorry to hear this
Sounds like it was a great idea, while it lasted. Sounds like it would´ve been a great place to work & that´s always good to hear. Lessons learned are hardly ever cheap but it makes you better in the long run.
You´re totally right about the weather down there, though. I did some contract work down in SD for a year & lived in PB- I almost never left! hehe.
You almost never left?
I can't bring myself to uproot and get outta here. Lots of companies have asked me if I'm willing to leave San Diego to take a Drupal job, but I keep saying no. It's just too awesome here! I woke up this morning, poured a cup of super strong coffee, and sat on the back deck basking in the sun and working on the DrupalCamp SD website. Sooo nice!
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Yea, almost...
Kept my apt. in LA while I worked down there & stayed at my best friend´s pad since I was never too sure about the company. But just as I started looking for something permanent down in SD, my contract ended.
Besides, I´d be too dangerous if I lived in SD- I loved it too much. The folks were real nice, lotsa great memories. The one that sticks out the most was playing pickup basketball games w/Doug Flutie every night down at the community park. Now that I think about it, maybe I should start looking down there again. :)
The office is closed, but the company treads on!
Shame on loosing the office. I love hanging with folks and their desk toys.
Knowing how strong the talent is at WorkHabit, I'm sure the staff-in-office model will come to light.
Yeah, that's what it fell back to
Yeah, that's what it fell back to, but with only one office space. And speaking of desk toys, has anyone seen my lazer-guided sissors recently? They seem to have gone missing...
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has anyone seen my
has anyone seen my lazer-guided sissors recently?
I guess that explains the cap in your avatar.
OMG, isn't the picture of
OMG, isn't the picture of the haircutting in that link just too funny! "Lazer-accurate haircuts"
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Just have to comment...
Hey guys:
Actually, we're down to two offices, not one. I really regret that we couldn't keep everyone on in San Diego, but you know, the whole Global Collapse of the financial system towards the end of last year wasn't too helpful. Still have employees in SD however, just no office.
Great crew: definitely miss you guys.
Jonathan
Sorry to hear that, Man
The more experience I get, the more I understand that management is such a key component to business success over the long haul. Maybe not on any given project, where sheer talent and work-ethic can win the day, but over time having a successful enterprise means making sure there's a non-oppressive but also really dependable, friendly and most of all clear workflow and order of operations.
Best of luck!
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