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In 2009, I joined LinkedIn as a Software Engineer. 5 years, 50 t-shirts, 60 hackdays, 4000 employees, several hundred million members, a billion dollars in revenue, and 1 IPO later, I’m moving on to my next play. My last day will be in a couple weeks, and for the next few months after that, I’m going to relax, travel, and think.

LinkedIn transformed my career. I got the chance to work on amazing projects, including LinkedIn Recruiter, Hackdays, Resume Builder, the LinkedIn Platform, the LinkedIn Engineering Blog, Incubator, Play at LinkedIn, LinkedIn Open Source, and much more. I learned many new technologies, saw amazing talks, and traveled the world. But most importantly, I got to work with an incredible group of people. Relationships matter, and the relationships I built at LinkedIn will be with me for the rest of my career.

Thank you to everyone who made it possible.

I leave you with some photos that capture a few of the highlights of my time at LinkedIn.

We hit 50 million members shortly after I joined (October, 2009)
We hit 50 million members shortly after I joined (October, 2009)
Holiday Party in San Francisco (December, 2009)
Holiday Party in San Francisco (December, 2009)
The monthly hackdays were an amazing way to learn and grow
Launched a redesigned LinkedIn Recruiter (February, 2010)
Launched a redesigned LinkedIn Recruiter (February, 2010)
My desk (December, 2010)
My desk (December, 2010)
Winners of LinkedIn's first Innovator Challenge (February, 2011)
Winners of LinkedIn's first Innovator Challenge (February, 2011)
The IT team put on incredible parties, such as this Tron party (April, 2011)
The first Intern Hackday (July, 2011)
100 million members (March, 2011)
100 million members (March, 2011)
The IPO (May, 2011)
The IPO (May, 2011)
Launched the LinkedIn Engineering Blog (June, 2011)
Launched the LinkedIn Engineering Blog (June, 2011)
Launched Apply with LinkedIn (July, 2011)
Launched Apply with LinkedIn (July, 2011)
Town Hall with President Obama (September, 2011)
Town Hall with President Obama (September, 2011)
Talent Connect Conference in Vegas (October, 2011)
Talent Connect Conference in Vegas (October, 2011)
Halloween at the office (October, 2011)
Halloween at the office (October, 2011)
Veteran's Hackday (November, 2011)
Veteran's Hackday (November, 2011)
Project Inversion (November, 2011)
Project Inversion (November, 2011)
Holiday party at Giants' Stadium (December, 2011)
Holiday party at Giants' Stadium (December, 2011)
My desk (December, 2011)
My desk (December, 2011)
Celebrating 150 million members (February, 2012)
Celebrating 150 million members (February, 2012)
Linux at LinkedIn t-shirt (February, 2012)
Linux at LinkedIn t-shirt (February, 2012)
The LinkedIn gym, complete with bumper plates (March, 2012)
The LinkedIn gym, complete with bumper plates (March, 2012)
A nice gift from Reid (March, 2012)
A nice gift from Reid (March, 2012)
The first DevelopHer Hackday (June, 2012)
A visit to LinkedIn's NYC office in the Empire State Building (July, 2012)
A visit to LinkedIn's NYC office in the Empire State Building (July, 2012)
The Berlin Hackday (October, 2012)
The Berlin Hackday (October, 2012)
Launched LinkedIn Incubator (December, 2012)
200 million members (January, 2013)
200 million members (January, 2013)
Behind the scenes (January, 2013)
Behind the scenes (January, 2013)
Toronto Hackday (February, 2013)
Toronto Hackday (February, 2013)
Jeff gives out iPads to all employees (February, 2013)
Jeff gives out iPads to all employees (February, 2013)
Announcing the Play Framework at LinkedIn (February, 2013)
Hackday and Incubator presentation in Latvia (February, 2013)
Hackday and Incubator presentation in Latvia (February, 2013)
Matthew models a few of the t-shirts we've collected over the years (April, 2013)
Matthew models a few of the t-shirts we've collected over the years (April, 2013)
Innovating (April, 2013)
Innovating (April, 2013)
Our new horizontally scalable infrastructure (June, 2013)
Our new horizontally scalable infrastructure (June, 2013)
Amsterdam Hackday (April, 2013)
Amsterdam Hackday (April, 2013)
Hackers (April, 2013)
Hackers (April, 2013)
New cafe opens and we get amazing breakfast every day (August, 2013)
New cafe opens and we get amazing breakfast every day (August, 2013)
The lunch ain't bad either (August, 2013)
The lunch ain't bad either (August, 2013)
Dreamer Hackathon (November, 2013)
Dreamer Hackathon (November, 2013)
Play t-shirts (August, 2013)
Play t-shirts (August, 2013)
Play keynote at Ping Conference in Budapest (January, 2014)
Play keynote at Ping Conference in Budapest (January, 2014)
Engineering at LinkedIn (February, 2014)
Eat. Hack. No sleep.
Eat. Hack. No sleep.