Jens Oliver Meiert

Goodbye Google, San Francisco, California, and United States

Published on Jul 31, 2013 (updated Feb 25, 2024), filed under (feed). (Share this on Mastodon or Bluesky?)

I’m resetting my life. I’ve quit at Google, I’ve quit my apartment in San Francisco, I’ve sold most of what I own and put the rest in storage. I’m now about to backpack the world to pursue my studies and goals and to build a new life somewhere else. Where? I don’t know yet. But knowing what to do is more important than where to do it.

Here’s a candid, biased, incomplete Jens eye view on the last few years of my life.

Google j9t.
Figure: My dear Masa’s Google j9t doodle.

Professionally:

Personally:

That’s where I am now. Onward.

About Me

Jens Oliver Meiert, on November 9, 2024.

I’m Jens (long: Jens Oliver Meiert), and I’m a web developer, manager, and author. I’ve worked as a technical lead and engineering manager for small and large enterprises, I’m an occasional contributor to web standards (like HTML, CSS, WCAG), and I write and review books for O’Reilly and Frontend Dogma.

I love trying things, not only in web development and engineering management, but also in other areas like philosophy. Here on meiert.com I share some of my experiences and views. (I value you being critical, interpreting charitably, and giving feedback.)