Dearest io9ers , this is it : After many years and almost as many Book of Job titles , it is time for me to say goodbye .
I start out here as an houseman in 2010 , just out of college and with no idea what I want to do . The line of work food market was bad , so after a while toiling in the writing fields and retail , I give up and went to legal philosophy school day . My idealism prompted me to think that if I could n’t write on the internet for a living , I could possibly assist fight for the rights of people who did . I , in fact , went to practice of law shoal with dreams of one Clarence Shepard Day Jr. working at theElectronic Frontier Foundation .
And then , while I was in law school , something awe-inspiring happened : io9 had some money to hire a research worker , which is what I did while also endeavor to graduate . Staring down the cask of a truly miserable calling in law , Annalee Newitz saved me by offer me a line as the Nox editor here .
Original photo by Victor Jeffries, photoshop by James Whitbrook
I owe Annalee and Charlie Jane Anders a lot for everything they ’ve instruct me . I owe Rob Bricken a lot for being the most understanding boss I ’ve ever had . To Lauren Davies and Meredith Woerner , the backbone of the culture closing of the site when I worked here , whom I emulated whenever potential . To Robbie , Cyriaque , Graeme , Kaila , Robbie , Ria , Alasdair , Evan , Cheryl , Germain , Beth , Charles , and Julie , io9ers retiring and present , thank you .
I want to also thank everyone else at this company , and I ’m move to bury names , but to the lovely people at Gizmodo who welcomed me when I was the only io9er in the New York office , thanks for everything . To Alex Cranz and Christina Warren , who were like my coven in the Gizmodo pod . And to the residuum of the author and editors here who indefatigably made it one of the best place to work : Tommy , Marchman , Patrick , Mike , Raph , Riley — and so many more . I will miss you all .
But especially , thanks to James Whitbrook , the Zan to my Jayna , for literally being my serious friend at this property for year and twelvemonth , when everyone else leave us .
I have done some amazing work here , protected by masses who believed that say thing was worth whatever backfire we got from studios . I once spentan entire weekheaping kudos on Star Trek , still my favorite franchise , and also pointed out the many flaw in the studio apartment ’s handling of it . I have the scars from CBS ’ PR squad to prove it .
To the commenters , specially those of you Nox owls from my first full - time problem as night editor program : thank you . You made some unfrequented work Night a pleasure .
LLAP .
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