Friday was my last day as an Adobe employee and as an InDesign engineer. I worked at Adobe for 12 years and on the InDesign team since well before we shipped InDesign 1.0.
During the first four releases of InDesign (1.0, 1.5, 2.0, 3.0 (CS)) I worked on InDesign scripting, exposing InDesign to AppleScript, Visual Basic and JavaScript.
During the 4.0 (CS2) release I worked on InDesign Server, removing all of the UI from InDesign so that it plays nice in the server world.
Adobe was a great company to work for. What a thrill it was to build a new product and see it evolve. Our users loved the product and enthusiastically helped us make it better.
I met a lot of great people at Adobe which I will miss but in the end, the entrepreneur urge was too strong.
I leave Adobe to start my own software company. I have some very exciting product ideas that I’ll be working on. I can’t wait to fill everyody in on the details!
Bon Voyage Peter! You are heading to a great place. Please feel free to regale us with all the details of your journey and never hesitate to ask for assistance when the way becomes too vague or challenging. I would love to hear what the ‘it’is as soon as you are willing to share.
I wish you great success with your new venture, and let me know if there is anything I can do to help.
Congrats on a job well done at Adobe, and Godspeed in your new efforts!
Peter, what a great run you have had. I know you were highly respected at Adobe and I am sure they were disappointed to see you go. However, I am sure they want the best for you as well.
I bet you are excited to get started. I can’t wait to hear about your ideas. Keep me posted on endeaver.
Cheers!
Good luck Son
Congratulations on the move, Peter. Takes alot of courage to move out of one chapter of life and into the next, esp. into the world of being an entrepreneur. Much success with what you’re doing. Please keep me posted on what you’re doing.
It puts a smile on my face to know that you spent 12 years at Adobe, esp. since I knew you when we were fumbling around Adobe Photoshop 3.x back in our Highlander newspaper days.
Those were the days, eh?
Blessings!