March 8th, 2001 was my last day at E.piphany. The company had become large, and it was just time for me to move on. It feels strange to have resigned from a job in the midsts of mass layoffs, but... I'm pretty sure that it was the right decision. I feel fortunate for having had such a fantastic first job right out of graduate school, and for having had the opportunity to watch a company grow from under forty people to over 1000 in two and a half years. It was an experience I will value highly for the rest of my professional life.

1998 stanford-epiphany class	my first cube, at 2300 geng road, in palo alto
1999 stanford-epiphany class	my last cube at epiphany, three buildings later

And.. the people! In the beginning, we were very immature. In fact, it was immaturity and idealism that led to unbridled creativity and to a closeness that became hard to replicate after the company became larger. We were... a family, which wasn't surprising, given that we spent almost every minute of our lives at work. I have many, many fond memories, and I think the network of people I met and became friends with will be the most valuable thing I will have taken with me from Epiphany (besides all the free t-shirts).

5 of 7 1998 stanford hires (august, 1998)	late night fun...
giving peter a cello lesson (february, 1999)	during our "hearts" phase
late night brainstorming (november, 1998)	hangin' in my cube

There were quite a few crazies at E.piphany who gave the engineering team personality. It appears to me that individuals who are attracted to a small, unstable environments tend to be a bit unstable themselves. I love quirky people! They keep life interesting. :)

horsing around in photoshop	ipo party at sf moma
one of the crazies (august, 1999)	another one of the crazies
more late night fun	yet another strange one
hangin' outside my cube	partial engineering dept photo, taken before move to san mateo

Near the end of my reign (or my "time", as it may have been. :) at Epiphany, I knew only about 5% of the employees. I walked by many people I didn't know on a daily basis, without bothering to introduce myself. There was really no one big thing that acted as a catalyst in my resignation. I think it was all of the little things that came with feeling like things weren't "like they used to be" that finally put me over the edge. It was almost the ideal job -- lots of responsibility, flexible work hours that became shorter as the company grew larger, a great group of people, and (above all) a familiarity that can only develop over time. I think that if I was more settled now (with a family or something) I would have stayed at Epiphany. But while I'm young, with no roots, I'm going to explore and take risks that I won't be able to take later on in life. I'm going to keep what I'm doing now a secret for now. :)

group farewell photo	farewell lunch
farewell lunch	parking in roger's ceo spot, for no real reason. :)