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After 20 years and 3,283 posts totaling 1,577,106 words, I’m ending my time as the lead blogger for the AWS News blog.
It’s been a privilege to “live in the future” and learn and write about so many of our innovations over the past two decades: message queues, storage, on-demand computing, serverless, and quantum computing. let’s name just a few and I will leave out many others. It has also been an honor to meet and hear from so many of you who have faithfully read and (hopefully) learned from my content over the years. I appreciate these interactions and your kind words and keep both in mind as I write.
Another one for Jeff
I started my career as a builder. Over the years, I’ve written tens of thousands of lines of assembly code (6502, Z80, and 68000), Visual Basic, and PHP, along with hundreds of thousands of lines of C. Over the years, however, I’ve gradually spent less time building and more time talking about building. As each new service and feature flashed before my eyes, I thought back to days and decades past when I could use these goodies to create something great. I went from a developer who knew how to market to a marketer who knew how to develop before. There is absolutely nothing wrong with that, but I like to build. The medium can be code, 3D printing, LEGO bricks, electronic components or even cardboard – creation and innovation is what motivates and sustains me.
Since this is my driving force, my goal for the next step of my career at AWS is to invest more time in learning and using less stuff, building great stuff, and creating fresh developer-focused content. I’m still working on figuring out what form it will take, so stay tuned. I will also continue my weekly appearances on AWS OnAir (our Friday Twitch show) and continue to speak at AWS community events around the world.
Next for the Blog
As for the AWS News Blog, it has long been supported by an amazing team, visible and invisible. Here we are at the AWS re:Invent blog’s recent 20th anniversary celebration (photo courtesy of Liz Fuentes with edits by Channa Yun to add those who were otherwise occupied):
During the celebration, I told the team that I was looking forward to celebrating the 30th anniversary with them at re:Invent 2034.
Going forward, the team will continue to grow and the goal remains the same: to provide our customers with carefully selected, high-quality information about the latest and most meaningful AWS launches. The blog is in great hands and this team will continue to keep you informed as the pace of AWS innovation continues to accelerate.
Thanks again
Once again I must thank you all for your very kind words and gestures over the years. Once in your life, if you work hard and you’re really lucky, you get a unique opportunity to do something that people really, really care about. And I was lucky.
— Jeff;