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Palantir

Today is my last day at Morris DigitalWorks. After a ten-year run in the newspaper industry, I am leaving to work full-time with Drupal development.

I am joining the team at Palantir, where I will be doing some programming, training and consulting for Palantir and their growing client list.

Tiffany Farriss and George DeMet have put together a great young team, and I am very excited to be coming on board. The company just moved into its new offices in order to keep up with demand for their award-winning services. Palantir is hiring more developers, too.

I also get to work with Larry Garfield, whom I greatly respect. We worked together on the GoPHP5 project, which helped chart a course for the future of Drupal.

For me, the decision came down to priorities and passions. I think that the Drupal community can do some amazing things, especially supporting the goals of free speech and freedom of information. I will continue working on the Knight Drupal Initiative as a central part of my Drupal contributions.

I am staying in Augusta, where my wife is about to start an exciting new career as well. More details to come over the next week or so, as I get organized in my new home office.

14 Comments so far

Hi Ken,

Congrats on the new gig. Sounds like a great opportunity and I am looking forward to seeing great things come from your team.

Ron

Congratulations on your position, as well as for what I’m sure will prove to be a *great* decision for yourself and Drupal!

Hey, congrats! Glad you’re going to be hanging around. Hopefully we’ll get to see you and Amy before we leave.

Congratulations! Sounds like an exciting new adventure.

Michelle

Great news, Ken. I look forward to more geekery coming from you and Larry :) See you in Hungary? Cheers, Simon

Flipping through my Google Reader items at my Daughter’s piano lesson, I wasn’t expecting to read about a career change for you, but congratulations to both you and your wife. Change is always exciting and challenging at the same time, but we must follow our passions! I know we will all benefit from your new focus!

Let’s just hope you still have a Krispy Kreme expense account ;-)

Cheers Ken!

Congratulations Ken! Sounds like a great move for everyone involved.

Congratulations, Ken! Great to hear you will still be involved with the Knight Drupal Initiative!

Congratulations Ken. Sounds like a great opportunity.

Ken,
Congrats on the exciting new opportunity! One quick question: Now that you’re leaving Morris DigitalWorks, do you plan on staying active on the development of the “Domain Access” module or is your focus shifting elsewhere?

I plan to maintain the Domain Access module at least through Drupal 7. Morris isn’t the only company using that module.

Congratulations, Ken. I hope the new job works out well for you. : )

Welcome aboard, Ken! I look forward to working on more awesomeness with you in the coming months.

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