A new adventure
November 1st will be my 4th anniversary as a Platform Evangelist… And March 2012 will be my 5th anniversary at Adobe… And what a crazy 5 years it has been! No no… This post is not to announce that I am leaving Adobe. On the contrary, I’m actually moving in to a new role… in our San Francisco HQ.
I’ve never made it a secret that I would one day love to live and work in the US and I feel truly blessed that Adobe is giving me this opportunity. In my new role as “Solutions Architect/Evangelist” I will still be doing a lot of what I’ve been doing in the last 5 years but I will also start building relationships with big name brands and work on strategic partnerships. It’s that part that’s got me really excited about this new adventure and I’m really looking forward to it!
It’s funny… While I was writing this post I saw this article in my Twitter feed. “Disrupt Yourself” is the title and that is exactly what I’m going to do. ;-) The article also says that “if it feels scary and lonely, you’re probably on the right track” and I must say that it definitely is a little bit scary… And lonely… Well… I never thought I would do this all by myself. I always thought that my girlfriend would join me but she sadly decided to end our relationship (also the reason why it’s been so quiet around here the last couple of months). But… I guess there are worst places than San Francisco to be as a single guy…
I’ll start packing right after MAX and then move some time early November. The California sun still shines in November, right? ;-)
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Some dreams come true as you can see :) I have the same one.
Chapeau! All the best wishes for this, Serge.
/marc
Congrats dude!
Going to be missed in Europe!
Holy shit! That`s awesome! Congrats!
At the same time it`s really sad as we`ll miss you badly here in europe :-(
Every breakup is an oportunity right? I`m sure you`ll make something great out of this.
Rock on!
Benz
Cool! Congratulations – and all the very best of luck in San Fransisco!! Not a bad place to be at all… Grab hold of this opportunity and live it to the full :-D
I knew this day would come, very happy for you Serge – you’ll have a fantastic time in San Francisco, Adobe is lucky to have you there! Remember driving up to the Townsend office with you years back, had a feeling you’d end up there some day :)
Nice to have somebody representing Belgium, lets catch up at MAX.
Congrats Serge!!!
@Peter: It’s weird… I remember that day like it was yesterday ;-) See you at MAX!
Congratulations Serge,
Glad you can turn a sad event into something positive!
Wow, what a great news for you! I hope you’ll still be at AUGXL events and stuff in Europe. Have fun at MAX and good luck getting stuff ready to move to the US, ask Kim to do some packing for ya, eerr.. never mind ;-)
Gratz Serge,
Have a blast while you are there!
Congratulations Serge! It’s been a pleasure working with you over the last few years, and despite the move to the US, hoping we can continue to cross paths. Well deserved!
Congrats its great news.
Everyone’s leaving Europe. Maybe I should leave too? :)
Congratulations and good luck on your new adventure Serge.
About you being single, as far as I remember a couple of years ago when you were presenting in a Portugal FlashCamp you showed a picture of you in the morning where you looked exactly like Brad Pitt. So, I wouldn’t worry much :o)
Best of lucks!
Congrats Serge.. Man.. Thats a dream, working on Townsend Str.. Best of luck man!
Hey Serge,
Congratulations on the new opportunity. I’m sure you’ll enjoy it and as Peter said: it’s nice to have our small country represented at HQ :-).
Unfortunately I’m not able to go to MAX :-( (running a tight budget), but I hope to catch up some day
Steven
Hi Serge,
Again, congrats and I hope everything goes well.
Too bad your girlfriend chose not to go with you. Me too, one day I’d like to be able to move to California but I can’t imagine having to make the choice between my loving girlfriend and my childhood dream. I’m sure that was not an easy thing to do.
I wish you all the best over there.
And let us know when we can come over for a big housewarming party ;)
Good luck, Serge!
Serge, you should be very proud of yourself and your achievements here in Europe, you’re now on to bigger and better things.
Don’t look back.
Mark
Awesome. Simply awesome.
So glad to hear it, and looking forward to being able to see you more stateside.
Will be great to have you on this side of the Atlantic, Serge! (or should that be the Pacific since you will be in CA???)
Anyhow- congratulations on the new role!
Look forward to seeing the cool stuff you will be involved in while in SF. Hope the move goes smooth.
Long time coming Serge – glad to hear everything is confirmed and you’ll be here in San Francisco by the end of the year.
Congratulations!
Wow, great news Serge!
But hope to see you now and then here in our rainy country.
All the best!
btw; plenty of fish in the sea ;)
Congratulations, and best of luck in sunny CA
Best of luck over in the States Serge. Can imagine this whole adventure feels a bit scary right now, but I’m sure you’ll have a great time there. Make us proud! And I will email you in a few years when I’m going there :)
Congratulations Serge! And not that you’ll need it, but the best of luck with your new adventure.