New year, new position
I spent the last 2.5 years working for Zend’s Global Services department, first as a technical support engineer and later as a technical consultant. I’ve learned allot and met lots of very smart people - but for some time now I have a feeling it’s time to move on.
Apparently, some people at Zend had the same feeling - don’t worry, I wasn’t fired. I didn’t quit either. Starting from January 2008, I am now a part of Zend’s Product Management group.
My new and awesome title is “Senior PHP Specialist” which kind of means nothing (and that’s what so good about it!). My actual roles are varied and flexible and involve duties such as competitive analysis, benchmarking, prototyping, meeting with customers and PHP community folks, and generally getting more customer and community feedback and touch into Zend’s product line. I’ll be working with all products - mostly Zend Platform, Zend Studio and Zend Core, and will also maintain my involvement in Zend Framework, and perhaps other projects as they come.
I have to say this has the potential of a dream job: it’s hands-on, and yet very dynamic. It’s community related and touches commercial products. It means working closely with services people, R&D, and customers (and PHP users who are not our customers!). It involves studying emerging technologies, programming, testing software, writing and reading papers and generally keeping a finger on the pulse of the web.
Oh, and did I say my new direct manager is Zeev Suraski?
So good luck and happy 2008!
