Disgarded offices

We moved office today.
The last four years of my life I’ve worked in Acton. In some ways it has been great – relaxed, out of London, easy to get to (cycling) and a high-ceiling’ed spacious place. But it has also had it’s downsides: no one likes coming to Acton, American’s are annoyed by it’s distance from town, we’ve been burgled twice and the local sewage works is pretty stinky in mid summer. Also, it’s not air conditioned so the heat can be stifling.
Today we left it all behind. We’re moving to new, professional, cool offices in Hammersmith and our life in the “third world” is over.
It was a positive experience but not one without some sad memories – leaving an era behind. The new stuff ahead is exciting.
God the picture makes it look really bad!
I remember now all the things which happened there:
Dogs who ate your sandwiches out of the bins
Arguments between founders, slamming doors
Late nights with pizzas while we made something work
Stress of managing people
False alarms at the weekend when the burglar alarm went off
The time the whole place flooded
Interviews with numerous candidates
My dad building two kitchens
Having the place redecorated over a weekend
My first day there -feeling like the world was my oyster
Being promoted to CTO
Being given a good bonus
Arriving early 7am after a bike crash.
Good times.

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