[Nfbwv-talk] A midlife career change

[Jack Yahnke]

Best of luck, Darren, and enjoy the left coast.  We'll miss you back here in 
the mountains.

Jack

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Darren Burton" <dburton at afb.net>
To: "NFB of West Virginia Discussion List" <nfbwv-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 13, 2014 12:23 PM
Subject: [Nfbwv-talk] A midlife career change


Hello NFB of WV Friends,
I don't know if turning 50 later this year and an impending midlife crisis 
has anything to do with it, but I have made what has been a difficult 
decision to move to Silicon Valley and take a job with Yahoo as an 
accessibility specialist for mobile applications.  It's been a great 12 
years at AFB Tech, and it's been tough getting used to the idea of leaving 
my team mates in Huntington and across the country.  We are certainly 
excited about the new opportunities, but a bit nervous about the change, and 
reluctant to leave West Virginia.  I begin at Yahoo on June 2, and I am 
trying to tie up as many loose ends as I can this month and help with 
transitioning my position at AFB, and then we will work on moving to 
somewhere near Yahoo's Sunnyvale headquarters in May.

Paula and I will dearly miss not being able to attend NFB of WV events, but 
I may sneak into one when you don't expect it, and I will certainly remain 
on this discussion list.  For now, we will keep our little cabin in 
Morgantown for holiday visits home, so you never know when you will run into 
us.

Darren

Darren Burton
Director, AFB Tech
American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)
1000 Fifth Avenue, Suite 350
Huntington, WV 25701
www.afb.org<http://www.afb.org>
Phone: (304) 781-3485
E-mail: dburton at afb.net<mailto:dburton at afb.net>
Expanding possibilities for people with vision lossTM




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