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As I closed out the windows on my last day at W3C, a dialog box popped up:

Are you sure you want to quit?

I paused.

Then I hit OK.

My W3C career is at an end. It all went by so fast: thirty-seven months, nineteen public speaking engagements, and a quarter of a million flight miles. It’s been hard saying goodbye to my colleagues, but pain is part of growth.

If you were expecting some kind of confession or controversy, I must sadly inform you that you will be disappointed. I still admire my former team, and I support them and their work 100%. Or, as Zeldman once said:

Please do not fret or mourn. Standards evangelism is like the Mob: once you’re in, you’re in for life.