For a little over a year now, i’ve been working for the government contractor CACI International as a full-time on-site contractor supporting the Library of Congress.
Well… at the end of the month, I’ll be starting a new chapter of my life. I have accepted the position of Developer Community Manager at Clearspring, a widget and social application platform startup company in Tysons Corner, Virginia.
I’ll still be based out of Washington DC but I’ll be traveling across the country, talking to developers about widgets, talking about Clearspring’s platform, and trying to understand how the process of creating widgets and social applications can be made easier. I’ll be picking up from the work of Clearpsring’s very own widget rockstar Will Meyer who has moved over to the engineering team.
You can expect me to do quite a bit of on the job blogging and online video. I’ll be working to develop some of my own bad ass widgets and social apps. I’m going to be attending quite a few user group meetings and conferences all across the country. It should be a lot of fun.
I look forward to getting out there, talking with, and getting to know as many of you as possible. If you see me, please introduce yourself.
I’ll truly miss all of the heroes I’ve gotten to know at the Library of Congress. This is an extraordinary place with an extraordinary mission. I know that regardless where I am in my life I’ll be an advocate and cheerleader for the Library of Congress and all that it sets out to accomplish.
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Congratulations on the new job!
Congrats and good luck.
Congrats! Sounds like a great job!
Congratulations!!! This is awesome news!
Congratulations, Justin! If you’re ever out here in Tysons Corner, come hang out with the Mixx crew.
CONGRATS!!!!! Um, so.. Thursday… we celebrate after Refresh!
Way to go dude.
Are you selling the option to haveyour resumes sent into Library of Congress for your old job?
Just kidding.
Congrats Justin!
Congratulations, Justin! It’ll be great to have you out in this part of the area 😉
Congrats!
Congrat Justin, I know you will be a star……best wishes.
Kevin
Congratulations, man! I know you are stoked! Sounds like great things are ahead for you.
Congratulations! I’ve used clearsprings widget stuff before, I think it is a solid technology with a future. Good luck!
Congrats, Justin. Welcome to the glorious world of not-government contracting …
Congratulations! I’m really happy for ya.
Justin,
Congrats, that is awesome news. I have met Will a few times , and you are the perfect guy to take his place.
Now that you will have a location in VA, we can catch up for lunch or a beer!
Will
Congrats!
Hey Justin, that’s great news and a fantastic opportunity. Enjoy!
great news, justin. Clearspring has a very cool product. No doubt you’ll do great things for their community.
– Deb
Congratulations, that certainly sounds like an incredible opportunity to spread the word about widgets and to meet new developers in the industry.
*SIGH!* Our loss, Clearspring’s gain. Rats and congrats, Justin! Keep in touch with your old pals at the World’s Largest Whatever_we_are…
We are super-psyched to have you joining the team, Justin! Here’s to fun-times ahead…
congratulations!
I concur with everyone else on the “congrats”! Sounds like an exciting opportunity and I look forward to hearing more stories about your world travels 😉