a decade in boston calls for future migration
10 years ago I packed a trunk of computer equipment into a shared dorm room and sucked university bandwidth dry. I was drawn to this city, an epicenter of technology development, a heaven for misfits, an idea with infinite opportunities.
I had no idea I would find biotechnology, or Manray, or Harvard, or kung fu, or the myriad of sweet wonders in candlelit living rooms, rented dance halls and lecture ballrooms. I had no idea WHAT I would find, but I was convinced I would find it. Boston was the right move. Boston is home.
A decade later that same inertia calls me to unfamiliar places. For right or for wrong, I have to follow gut instinct. as the saying goes "dont freeze when zero hour comes", so I'm writing today to put myself on the fishhook. I'm not saying I will never return to Boston. In fact, I intend to.
Quietly in the background, I've been relocating my life. In august 2009, all the Harvard hospitals will be online. I will be done with my masters training. When my mentor told me SF was the next target city, I knew my time had come. We have collaborators in 18 us cities and its time for me to expand our operations nationally. I have no idea where this project will bring me but I intend to get a PHD along the way.
We are all so young, versatile and capable of so many things. To stay in one place forever seems an error. I will forever love and thank this city. Truly going to miss it. This will be my last Christmas here.
I hope 2009 is among our brightest, I hope to spend time with you before I go.
thank you all for being awesome.
--andy
I had no idea I would find biotechnology, or Manray, or Harvard, or kung fu, or the myriad of sweet wonders in candlelit living rooms, rented dance halls and lecture ballrooms. I had no idea WHAT I would find, but I was convinced I would find it. Boston was the right move. Boston is home.
A decade later that same inertia calls me to unfamiliar places. For right or for wrong, I have to follow gut instinct. as the saying goes "dont freeze when zero hour comes", so I'm writing today to put myself on the fishhook. I'm not saying I will never return to Boston. In fact, I intend to.
Quietly in the background, I've been relocating my life. In august 2009, all the Harvard hospitals will be online. I will be done with my masters training. When my mentor told me SF was the next target city, I knew my time had come. We have collaborators in 18 us cities and its time for me to expand our operations nationally. I have no idea where this project will bring me but I intend to get a PHD along the way.
We are all so young, versatile and capable of so many things. To stay in one place forever seems an error. I will forever love and thank this city. Truly going to miss it. This will be my last Christmas here.
I hope 2009 is among our brightest, I hope to spend time with you before I go.
thank you all for being awesome.
--andy