The coolest place to work, ever?
My new office. The picture was taken a few days ago when I first visited the place (a former women garment warehouse), and since then, we moved in. Btw, any design or furnishing tip? Budget = roughly zero.
I seriously want to make of it the coolest place for software developers & beautiful minds of all sorts to work in Europe. Trust me, despite appearances we’ve already got some extremely strong bearing points in this respect.
+ we might rent out some office space (250€ / desk included wireless Internet w. visitor access, electricity, security alarm, water & paper toilet, located in the very center of Paris). Give me a buzz if interested and I’ll answer when we do it if you’re early enough.
Addendum: answering several emails at the same time, yes, I’ve left Microsoft. Made the decision a month and a half ago. Enjoyed the company a lot though. Tough decision but no regret, it’s a lot of fun out there. More on this some day soon.
Addendum 2 (should’ve added that in the initial post maybe): it’s very exciting to move in your own place. The only thing is, we now have to keep cash coming in the door or we’re OOB before we can wink.
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If I were in Paris, I would definetly ring at your door!
Jérémy, this looks simply great! You’ll have to add a bit of color, but this space has a lot of potential, exactly like what will be built in it I’m sure
Hi Jeremy : my warmest wishes to you and your team. About finding cash : just go where the money is. Means help your customers to save time, they’ll give you the money for that.
Good luck,
_Marc
Good luck dude for this new start!
BTW, I’m still waiting for your invitation to visit your new office.
See you soon
Hi Jeremy, the only thing which catch my attention in this post is “I’ve left microsoft”! Wouaah, I am impatient to have more news about your new professional plan! By the way, good luck for the future!
I’m also very interested to know what is behind “I’ve left microsoft!”
Give news !
and I thought it would be close to impossible to leave a company like Microsoft. But I see you as the 2nd person who has done the same after an office colleague who joined after leaving MS.
Quite a decision but all for the best I suppose.
Friends, thx to all for your warm support.
Leo, just pop up at the office whenever you want. Call me before to check that I’m in.
Emmanuel: can’t disclose what we’re really doing because the products aren’t ready. We might bootstrap doing consulting at first. Just regularly check http://www.emeraldvision.eu to get a hint of the vertical we’re moving in.
UTP: True Microsoft is hard to leave. Great atmosphere & very smart people there. I learnt a lot. I’ll explain very soon why I left. In any case, I know I made the right decision since what I want is to make a difference (something hard to achieve in an 85K-strong corporation). “All for the best” as you said.
Cool Jeremy
I will visit you
What a surprise to me! I wish you the very best and hope (lik many others here) to hear about your new plans and business ideas soon.
The link to emeraldvision.eu doesn’t seem to work yet…
By the way, we’re now looking for a trainee to replace Jeremy @ MSFT.
If you guys know any talented students, feel free to contact me.
Finally
What took you so long?
Good luck! I am sure it’s gonna be awesome.
one month and a half ago… Hum so you decided when we were visiting the valley ?
Right before visiting the valley, one or two days.
Thx Yann.
Waoh great office, high potential ! enough to fit a basketball playground
Merde à vous ++
Maz
“Merde à vous”? French people really have a weird way of communicating…
Place looks great, Jeremy, can’t wait to see it!
Ikea … that’s where we bought our desks and Stalpes, for the chairs.
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