gamehole-con

GameHole Con was great! I really like the size (somewhere between 5K and 10K people) and the variety of games was good enough for me to play something interesting every slot I wanted to fill. I did not fill every slot. Also S. and I managed to get into most of our games together, which was nice – I was a bit worried about the signup system resulting in us being split. I made sure to hit the process button within a minute after signups opened up, with a populated wishlist, which probably helped. We’re going back next year. ...

I won’t bury the lede: I’m retiring! After literally 30+ years working as a system administrator, manager, director, and general thinking-oriented person, I am hanging up my last employee badge and riding off into the sunset. I told my team last week, and May 28th will be my very last day. It’s a big step. Yes, I’m excited. Yes, I’m also nervous. S. and I were the right combination of lucky and talented to be able to retire comfortably at a relatively early age; after a lot of discussions with professionals over the last six months or so we decided it was better to take the leap and maximize our personal time in the decades remaining. Pokémon has been a good place to work, but my anarchistic self has never actually been all that comfortable as a manager despite the fact that I’m very good at it. ...