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		mdwrigh2 on April 13, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Coding is priority number five That sounds like a pretty awesome way to handle it, so props to Fog Creek. Having said that, what happened after he stepped down? Did they hire outside of the company? Promote another senior developer?

gecko on April 13, 2012 [–]

We promoted an awesome developer who really wanted to be the Kiln Team Lead into the position.

mdwrigh2 on April 13, 2012 | | [–]

Sounds like a win-win for everyone :)

alexgartrell on April 13, 2012 | | [–]

who?

kevingessner on April 13, 2012 | | [–]

me!

kamens on April 13, 2012 | | [–]

Congrats, Kevin -- this sounds like a great move.

georgemcbay on April 13, 2012 | | [–]

At the very least, he now gets to put "Shit Umbrella" on his business cards.

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