There’s a lot in this post that I strongly relate to. I also recently left CEA, although after having worked for a much smaller period of time: only 6 months. To give some perspective on how much I agree with Lizka, I’ll quote from the farewell letter I wrote to the team:
While I will admit that it took some getting used to, I’m still surprised at how fast I started feeling part of the CEA team and, moreover, how much I came to admire its culture. If you had told me back then that this is what CEA was like, I don’t think I would have bought it. I mean, sure, you can put a lot of nice-sounding principles into your website, but that doesn’t mean you actually embody them. It turns out that it is possible to embody them, and it was then my turn.
I even remember Jessica trying to convince me during my work trial that CEA was friendly and even silly sometimes. To me, CEA was just the scary place where all the important people worked at. I now know what she meant. (...) It’s now gone from a scary place to my favorite team of people. It’s become much more special to me than I ever suspected.
So I want to second Lizka’s thoughts: I feel very honored to have worked with them.
There’s a lot in this post that I strongly relate to. I also recently left CEA, although after having worked for a much smaller period of time: only 6 months. To give some perspective on how much I agree with Lizka, I’ll quote from the farewell letter I wrote to the team:
So I want to second Lizka’s thoughts: I feel very honored to have worked with them.