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@@ -15,13 +15,13 @@ It's kind of hard to look back on all of them, because there's so much to really
Phew so work had some _changes_ this year. At the end of 2021, I decided to leave Netlify, mostly due to burnout and wanting to explore tech education more. Phew so work had some _changes_ this year. At the end of 2021, I decided to leave Netlify, mostly due to burnout and wanting to explore tech education more.
And so, at the start of this year, I ended up joining [Remote](https://remote.com/) as the Developer Education and Experience to do that for realzies. And you know, on paper, that role was pretty perfect. I had a ton of autonomy, I had kind coworkers, and I had time to spare to work on side projects that had been sorely neglected. I genuinely enjoyed hanging out with a lot of the folks there, but at the same time... I was kind of on an island. A lot of the work I was able to accomplish and put out in the world (like [Remote Connect](https://remote.com/events/on-demand/source-code) and [Devs For Ukraine](https://www.devsforukraine.io/) and [the engineering blog](https://remote.com/blog/category/engineering)) was reliant on me getting busy people to work with me on something "extra" outside of their day jobs. And so, at the start of this year, I ended up joining [Remote](https://remote.com/) as the Head of Developer Education and Experience to do that for realzies. And, ya know, on paper, that role was pretty perfect. I had a ton of autonomy, I had kind coworkers, and I had time to spare to work on side projects that had been sorely neglected. I genuinely enjoyed hanging out with a lot of the folks there, but at the same time... I was kind of on an island. A lot of the work I was able to accomplish and put out in the world (like [Remote Connect](https://remote.com/events/on-demand/source-code) and [Devs For Ukraine](https://www.devsforukraine.io/) and [the engineering blog](https://remote.com/blog/category/engineering)) was reliant on me getting busy people to work with me on something "extra" outside of their day jobs.
When people inevitably had to put off the "extra" (particularly as the economy started to buckle a bit), I was very... bored. I would still work— I'd always figure out how to fill in the time with something— but I was very regularly faced with, "this is awesome Cassidy, perhaps we can do this someday," and I was getting impatient with it. I job interviewed a few times, without ever really finding a good fit. I acknowledge I am wildly privileged to be able to have had this experience, and I'm grateful for it, but that's what was going on! When people inevitably had to put off the "extra" (particularly as the economy started to buckle a bit), I was very... bored. I would still work— I'd always figure out how to fill in the time with something— but I was very regularly faced with, "this is awesome Cassidy, perhaps we can do this someday," and I was getting impatient with it. I job interviewed a few times, without ever really finding a good fit. I acknowledge I am wildly privileged to be able to have had this experience, and I'm grateful for it, but that's what was going on!
Meanwhile, in April, I started part time work at [OSS Capital](https://oss.capital)! I had been in chats with them since I worked at Netlify, wanting to work with them, but not quite ready to take the leap into being a full-time founder yet. For OSSC, I joined as a Portfolio Partner for Developer Experience, meaning I was advising the portfolio companies from a dev rel perspective (helping with hiring, strategy, making introductions, that sort of thing), and I also helped out the team on technical things too (like the website)! I genuinely enjoyed doing that gig, and I actually proposed joining them full time, but the timing wasn't quite right. In November, they sadly had to lay me off (amongst others), but I still maintain a good relationship with them and hope to do more work with them in the future. Meanwhile, in April, I started part time work at [OSS Capital](https://oss.capital)! I had been in chats with them since I worked at Netlify, wanting to work with them, but not quite ready to take the leap into being a full-time founder yet. For OSSC, I joined as a Portfolio Partner for Developer Experience, meaning I was advising the portfolio companies from a dev rel perspective (helping with hiring, strategy, making introductions, that sort of thing), and I also helped out the team on technical things too (like the website)! I genuinely enjoyed doing that gig, and I actually proposed joining them full time, but the timing wasn't quite right. In November, they sadly had to lay me off (amongst others), but I still maintain a good relationship with them and hope to do more work with them in the future.
I still love advising companies! When I left Netlify, I stayed on as an advisor, and I also joined [Centered](https://www.centered.app/) and [Plasmic](https://www.plasmic.app/) as an advisor this year as well. Being able to help companies grow and offer my perspective is something that's relatively low lift, but high impact, and it's really rewarding...which leads me to where I ultimately ended up at the end of this year! I still love advising companies! When I left Netlify, I stayed on as an advisor, and I also joined [Centered](https://www.centered.app/) and [Plasmic](https://www.plasmic.app/) as an advisor this year as well. Being able to help companies grow and offer my perspective is something that's relatively low lift, but high impact, and it's really rewarding... which leads me to where I ultimately ended up at the end of this year!
In the summer, my friend Lilly (who is the CEO of a startup [Contenda](https://contenda.co/) that I've been advising since they started) started to float the idea to me about joining the company full time. It was super appealing, but I had to think on the timing and how it might work out. The more I thought about it though, it was a no-brainer. I knew the team well, it was a product I cared about, and I could make an impact at my day job (which was something I was missing dearly). So, in September, I joined Contenda as CTO full time! It has been chaotic and wonderful all at once, and I'm so happy I joined such a great group of people building something awesome. In the summer, my friend Lilly (who is the CEO of a startup [Contenda](https://contenda.co/) that I've been advising since they started) started to float the idea to me about joining the company full time. It was super appealing, but I had to think on the timing and how it might work out. The more I thought about it though, it was a no-brainer. I knew the team well, it was a product I cared about, and I could make an impact at my day job (which was something I was missing dearly). So, in September, I joined Contenda as CTO full time! It has been chaotic and wonderful all at once, and I'm so happy I joined such a great group of people building something awesome.
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ I did a good chunk of writing this year, too, enough that I rewrote my blog so I
Code-wise, I rewrote the website for [Cosynd](https://cosynd.com/) (this is a project I've been working on for more than 6 years now), I started updating [todometer](https://cassidoo.github.io/todometer/), and I built some random demos [on my regular livestream](http://twitch.tv/cassidoo), too (like [Better Security Questions](https://github.com/cassidoo/better-security-questions) and [a pi memorization game](https://github.com/cassidoo/solid-pi-guesser) and various open source contributions). Code-wise, I rewrote the website for [Cosynd](https://cosynd.com/) (this is a project I've been working on for more than 6 years now), I started updating [todometer](https://cassidoo.github.io/todometer/), and I built some random demos [on my regular livestream](http://twitch.tv/cassidoo), too (like [Better Security Questions](https://github.com/cassidoo/better-security-questions) and [a pi memorization game](https://github.com/cassidoo/solid-pi-guesser) and various open source contributions).
Keyboard-wise, I finally (finally!) got [DSA Scrabble keycaps](https://www.clackeys.com/scrabble) to go live!! I first designed those back in 2017, released V1 in early 2018, and I've been wanting to bring them back ever since. It was a labor of love to get everything re-designed with the new branding and licensing, but it happened! I also shipped [a free email course](https://www.keyboardlegend.dev/) to teach people about mechanical keyboards in general.
Also, not really a side project but something I'm happy with, I read 10 books this year! It's not a lot by any means, but I've been wanting to build my reading habit back, and it's a start. Similarly (kind of), I've been playing a lot more [go](https://online-go.com/) recently, and I do think I'm getting better, and hope to hit some goal rankings next year. Also, not really a side project but something I'm happy with, I read 10 books this year! It's not a lot by any means, but I've been wanting to build my reading habit back, and it's a start. Similarly (kind of), I've been playing a lot more [go](https://online-go.com/) recently, and I do think I'm getting better, and hope to hit some goal rankings next year.
## Phew! ## Phew!