Geoff Petrie

I am a person with many interests. Software is my profession. I think you're pretty awesome.

[Geoff Petrie @geopet]

@MarvelSupport I sent a support request to [email protected] on the 18th and a couple of follow ups along the way. I’ve not yet received a response. Normally things don’t take more than a couple of days. Anything I should do differently? Thanks for your help!

[Geoff Petrie @geopet]

@JMW Ooh! Another on my TBR. Very nice!

I’m trying to read (or reread) the Murderbot novellas so that I can read the most recent novel.

[Geoff Petrie @geopet]

I jumped on Twitter this evening to participate in a Wheel of Time book club thing I read about (I’ve never read the series).

Instead of doing that I found out that I’ll never use hapi in a project ever.

[Geoff Petrie @geopet]

@OneSeventeen Better choice, I think. You can test in production.

[Geoff Petrie @geopet]

@lunitaire I read the prologue and first two chapters of Eye for this hashtag book club thing that I was thinking of doing. I like it. I’ll likely continue to work my way through it. But I also have a bunch of other books on the go. Murderbots just got a novel treatment, so that’s amazing!

[Geoff Petrie @geopet]

@JMW I read the prologue and the first two chapters of The Eye of the World for this book club. I like it. I may keep going, but may not be doing this Twitter hashtag book club thing.

[Geoff Petrie @geopet]

@lunitaire We need a new place to hang.

[Geoff Petrie @geopet]

@jmscolo You make a great point. Normally you’d be right.

But since I apparently can’t do anything on social media any more without feeling a touch, ahem, irritable, I have a bit more time on my hands.

It’s going to be a close call to the finish, though.

[Geoff Petrie @geopet]

Again, thank you. Y'all all have my sincerest gratitude.

[Geoff Petrie @geopet]

Around two weeks ago, I put up a tweet about how I was laid off due to an intended acquisition along with several other incredible folk. The response from that tweet was astounding. I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who reached out.

[Geoff Petrie @geopet]

Obviously, on top of everything else, this continues to be a haul. But between the moral support, often from total strangers, and people offering potential opportunities, this has been much better than it could have been.

[Geoff Petrie @geopet]

@bryanaknight I have been hoping to work with you again for years. Combine that with the fact that working at MS/GH has been a real career goal of mine, this was disappointing for many reasons.

[Geoff Petrie @geopet]

A little over a week ago, the world rejoiced when GitHub announced their intention to acquire npm. A few days later, after nearly a year as a staff engineer at npm, I was laid off along with some other excellent engineers and employees.

Naturally, I am now looking for work.

[Geoff Petrie @geopet]

@zkat__ @brianarn Thank you! I'm also sorry we didn't get a chance to spend time working with one another.

[Geoff Petrie @geopet]

@zkat__ @brianarn Thank you! To be honest, I've generally avoided twitter since starting at npm. I'm sure you can understand why. I'll definitely look at your thread!

[Geoff Petrie @geopet]

Many other wonderful people who I mentored and worked with have also been victim to this layoff. There are remarkable people. I really want to see these fantastic folk continue on in their careers. I am happy to pass along anything to them as well.

[Geoff Petrie @geopet]

And while beggars can't be choosers, it would be wonderful if your opportunity was tied to a socially progressive service or something that allowed me to engage with creative communities. My DMs are open.