April 3rd, 2006
Congratulations and welcome, Steve Castledine
Congratulations and welcome to Steve
Castledine, the newest member of the Lotus development organisation!
I’ve known Steve for the last three years, ever since he launched
his Dominoblog
template, which I’ve used for edbrill.com since Steve first shipped. He’s
a passionate and skilled developer, and I’m pleased to have his talents
on our team.
In the coming weeks, it will be interesting to watch how Steve and his
template are integrated into upcoming Notes/Domino work. I’m sure
he has some bright ideas for the future.
There’s something else interesting about Steve joining the Notes/Domino
team. Steve’s resume/CV is obvious to anyone looking at the proliferation
of Dominoblog sites. Here we have quality work being leveraged throughout
the community (whether published on someone’s own site or somplace like
OpenNTF.org),
which leads to someone being hired on for future Notes work (and not just
by IBM!). I know it’s not a new concept to say that one’s online
presence is part of their resume/CV, but for many people in the Notes/Domino
community, their work speaks for itself. I recently offered to be
a reference for someone whose “professional” work I’ve never
seen, simply because their community work has been outstanding.
I wasn’t really involved in the process that lead to Steve’s good news,
but I am very pleased with the outcome. The Notes/Domino development
team has hundreds of incredibly skilled and innovative professionals…and
now has one more. Oh and Steve — keep blogging. I think the
community will be quite interested to see how your new role plays out in
the months ahead.
Originally by Ed Brill from Ed Brill on April 3, 2006, 12:49pm
