It seems like yesterday that I passed the five year mark at what was then Facebook. Since then, my role has changed, the company has gone through several rounds of layoffs. It even got a new name.

While there have been many changes in the company, all of what I wrote five years ago still rings true. There is a mission that I still truly believe in that helps quell the doubts. The benefits have been huge in helping keep my family healthy and sane through the pandemic and everything else. We’re able to make some dreams come true in our house move here in the next week. More to come on that down the road.

The Theme System

In case you have missed it in the past, I’ve decided to switch from the usual goals for a year to a theme. Sure there are some measurement or ideas on where I would like something to go. But this is more about making choices and having some momentum towards a certain change in my life that I’d like to make. If you would like more on setting a theme for a year or season, I suggest you check out The Theme System or watch this quick video from their page:

If you want to find out what I wanted to accomplish, feel free to go out and read the original post. Hopefully that will give you some insight into what I was thinking so we can cover how it actually went. It was filled with optimism, hope, a sense of change. It ended with only some of these things.

So how did it really go?

Some things this year were quite simply out of my control. The company went through a second round of layoffs. While my direct team was not impacted, there were others within our org that were. New positions were created as we restructured and many of my professional growth ambitions quite simply got put on the back burner. While I’m thankful to have a job, there are still some things that need to improve in 2024 in order for me to stay satisfied here. The structures that I worked to put in place have been helpful and hopefully career advancing. I was one of the few teams at the company that was hiring after the layoffs. There is still more to do and more projects to take on that keep me interested and at the company.

Hockey Players in commercials are usually a recipe for some shenanigans. Joe Thornton and P.K. Subban did not disappoint. Check out the latest Apple iPhone 14 commercial that debuted in Canada during the Super Bowl.

I’ve been meaning to put out some posts on what I’m listening to and enjoying. Some of these have been in the queue for a while so they are a bit dated. Some are very recent. Sit back, take a listen and enjoy something that maybe you haven’t seen or heard.

What are you listening to?