The Start of the Next Adventure

Well, I have some news - it's time for the Tyler family to put down roots in a new location. I've recently accepted a position at Microsoft and so will be moving from Texas to Washington in the next couple of weeks.

Because of this, as you may have already noticed, I'll be posting less frequently and obviously not have access to LabVIEW source code to help diagnose problems. However, as long as my memory holds, I'll continue to try to help out in whatever way I can.

I'm very sorry to be leaving NI as it is an excellent company to work for and is loaded with very talented and friendly people. But my goal has been to try to relocate to the Pacific Northwest for many years now. Having selected Seattle as the best choice for us, I must say that Microsoft was my number one choice, and I'm very excited to finally work for the company I've specialized in for so many years.

For those that are interested, my new position is as a senior developer in the Visual Studio team. I'm not certain yet what the blogging situation will be, but I assume it'll move to the MSDN blog pages. I'll post an update here once I find out.

Comments

[Bryan Bates]

Congratulations!

[Lycangeek]

Thanks!

[Steve Mate]

Hi Brian -

Just wanted to say that I've enjoyed reading your posts and all the best in your new job. Hoping that your move goes smoothly!

[Yen]

Well, you're definitely a loss to the LV user community. NI does not have many insiders with high level knowledge who regularly share their knowledge.
Thank you and good luck with your new job/home.

[J.R. Allen]

Congratulations on your new job, Brian. You've been a great part of NI, and I know you'll be just as successful at Microsoft. Best of luck.

[Lycangeek]

Thanks for the warm wishes - I'm very excited to get started...of course, the long drive (we have dogs) isn't going to be fun, the end should be wonderful :)

[Sebastian Dau]

Congratulations,

you must be very proud of having it made from LabVIEW to Microsoft.
I hope there will be a good successor for your NI position and they will continue to support the great .NET technology.

I'd welcome seeing you continuing your blog with interesting Visual Studio stuff as I love the suite.

Cheers, Sebastian Dau (MCTS)

[Pete Nico]

Brian:

Congratulations and best of luck! We'll miss your expertise around here. And a personal Thank You for assisting me on my first .NET experience with LabVIEW a while back.

Sincerely,

Pete Nico (AnalogKid2DigitalMan)

[Jared McInelly]

Well Brian, I guess it's bittersweet for us NI folk up here in the Northwest. We loose a good resource who would come up here more often than most and help us with customers. But, we gain a good NI and LabVIEW advocate at Microsoft with access to the employee store!
Let's do lunch when you get up here. Did you find a place to live yet?
Oh, and because of your example I decided to start my own blog about the happenings of NI in Seattle. Thanks man!

[Michael Aivaliotis]

Congratulations. Hopefully you can try hanging out at LAVA every now and then to field some .NET questions. Microsoft is very lucky to have you.

[Michael Aivaliotis - LAVA]

PS: It will be a shame for the NI Vlogging to die with you. Will Colin continue it?

[Joe Zoller]

Hi Brian, I just wanted to say thank you so much for sharing through your blog, and I hope it can continue at Microsoft!

[Lycangeek]

Thanks to everyone for the warm wishes. I hope to continue keeping an eye on the devzone and lava forums, but I'm not sure how often I'll be able to. My first day at Microsoft is Monday (26th), so that's when more should be clear :)

We finally arrived in Seattle after a very long drive (whew), but we're settling in - and we have internet access again!