Farewells are never easy. I have written many times by the change, and this change was meant to happen too. Today, one big, incredible chapter of my life came to an end. Eight years of Thoughtworks — eight years of people, learning, experiments, failures, friendships, conversations, ideas, challenges, and countless memories. Yes, it was an emotional day, but I kept reminding myself, every ending is also a beginning. So rather than looking it as a goodbye, I want to look back for a moment and simply say thank you.

It was more than eight years ago when I was looking for a change, that led me to an organisation whose name was relatively unknown to me at the time, but its interview process left a lasting impression. People around me who knew it, made me realise where exactly I was landing—the microservices concepts I had been talking about all the time, the Agile practices we were trying to live, XP, and even the Selenium and Martin Fowlers of the world.