Go, go, go into the blinding light...

Now that I've been given permission, I can share that I've accepted an offer to go to Google (as an intern) for three months starting in January to work on Subversion. I can also share that my main goal while there at Google will be to integrate Subversion with Serf.

This isn't the first time I've been offered a position at Google, but, for a number of reasons, this offer was better for me both personally and professionally.

I'm excited because this will grant me the opportunity to work on this problem that I've been talking about for years - and talk about it publicly at the same time! It also helps that I have a lot of former and current colleagues there already (curse them and their boat load of options!).

I still need to find a place to live up there... Grr.

Plus, I've still got to advance to candidacy before I go, so there's a lot of work to be done before I take a hiatus from the ivory tower. (Actually, hiatus is too strong a word - there's a lot of overlap here with my eventual research plan.)

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