[LRUG] HBS is closing for business

[Ian Kynnersley]

Hey all - sorry for the mistaken group message earlier. My morning coffee
hadn't kicked in yet and I forgot how mailing lists worked 😞

Ian

On Wed, 5 Sep 2018 at 00:20, Najaf Ali <ali at happybearsoftware.com> wrote:

> Hi again LRUG,
>
> Thank you for all the words of support and encouragement. I'm afraid there
> are too many emails for me to respond to individually and also get through
> the week, so I'll try to address some common things in your responses:
>
> * If you asked for someone by name then I forwarded your email to that
> person or people, otherwise I forwarded your email to everyone in the team.
> There were so many that it was impractical for me to set up email intros
> for each one.They'll be in touch individually.
> * I'm doing OK, thanks for asking! I made the decision and announced it to
> the team over a week ago, so we've had a bit of time to process it.
> * I'm probably going to try freelancing/consulting for startups and people
> with tech teams, but nothing is set in stone yet. I have begun drafting a
> CV <https://gist.github.com/Najaf/63ffd89a545390b8eb84db198263e0fa>/Covering
> letter <https://gist.github.com/Najaf/d2759c7512c783fa22244ce8eae50a68>
> but still a WIP.
> * Given the circumstances, I think trying to help my team land on their
> feet is the absolute least I could do, so again, any help in making that
> happen is greatly appreciated.
> * Japan is treating me brilliantly!
> * Yes, we really did work remotely, all day every day.
> * People who are not tax-resident in the UK were employed as freelancers.
> * I'm considering the multiple suggestions to write a book about running
> Happy Bear Software, but unlikely TBH, for legal reasons more than anything
> else!
>
> Thanks again everyone, I'm feeling a lot better about the teams prospects
> after the response I've got from you all.
>
> All the best,
>
> On 3 September 2018 at 16:34, Najaf Ali <ali at happybearsoftware.com> wrote:
>
>> Good morning LRUG,
>>
>> Some sad news: for a number of reasons I have taken the decision to close
>> Happy Bear Software for business. HBS is a Ruby on Rails consultancy that I
>> have been running for almost seven years.
>>
>> The developers on our team are currently available for either permanent
>> or contract work, so if you would like to be put in touch then please let
>> me know at this email address.
>>
>> You can see more details in this announcement post on our company
>> website, which lists all of the current developers on our team:
>>
>>
>> https://www.happybearsoftware.com/happy-bear-software-is-closing-for-business
>>
>> Thanks for all the help and support over the years, we met a large
>> proportion of our clients and friends through the LRUG meetups and mailing
>> list.
>>
>> My biggest concern right now is getting all of the fine people on our
>> team into their next jobs, so any assistance to that end would be much
>> appreciated.
>>
>> All the best,
>>
>> Najaf Ali - Founder at Happy Bear Software
>> <https://www.happybearsoftware.com/>
>>
>>
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