Last week, my tenure at BEA Systems came to a close. I started at WebLogic in 1997, which was later acquired by BEA in 1998. That's a long time to be anywhere in the tech industry; the time had come to move on.

There are a lot of great people at BEA and I've made many lasting friendships in my time there. I was certainly sad to go, but I know I'll continue to see a lot of those folks, so it's not so bad.

I'm starting a new job next week as product manager for Terracotta. I'm psyched - TC is a mid-size startup with cool technology and good people, plus I get a new role for me to move into.

Until then, I have a week of wedding planning, painting the house, and hosting some visiting relatives and friends.

The webservices folks give me a goodbye lunch. Greeks departing the land of the living crossed the river Styx; Geeks departing the land of BEA eat dim sum at CityView.