Moving to California to work at Yahoo!

By scott

Headline reads, Canadian hockey fan is leaving the great white north. That’s right, for those who know me, know I am a Team Canada superfan. I even live in the city where they train. But I recently received an opportunity to work at Yahoo! in California. A southern state where hockey is almost non-existent some would think, myself included. No more Don Cherry, no more Kelly Hrudey, no more Ron Mclean, and no more Bob Cole, well unless you have Satellite TV, which I plan to have. And the other thing is Yahoo is right outside of San Jose, home of the Sharks, one of the best teams in the league. Anyway, back to the move. In a week I start at Yahoo as a Senior Flash Engineer and I am leaving my post at Critical Mass as their Flash Development Manager. Critical Mass has been great, and always will be great. I learned a lot in my short year and a half tenure. They are an amazing group of creative people who pump out amazing work. I was amazed almost every day in some of the stuff I saw coming out of there. There is a reason they were named Foresters Interactive Agency of the Year the past two years running. If Critical Mass is so great why am I leaving you ask? I wasn’t looking, it just happened. The opportunity landed in my lap, or inbox, however you want to look at it. I was headhunted. And it is not an opportunity that you can let slide by. It’s Yahoo!

So starting December 11 I will be an official Yahoo employee, working in a new city, and in a new country. I am not 100% sure what I will be working on yet but I am sure it will be extremely cool and forward leaning. Yahoo has so many properties that would make great Flash applications. Heck, they even own that small photo site, you may have heard of them, Flickr.

So wish me luck. I will be sure to post how things are going when I get there. And thank you Critical Mass for everything. You have and always will have something special. It’s an amazing company, with an amazing atmosphere. Good luck in your future endeavours