Runitai Linden Leaving The Lab

 

 A few days ago on Thursday January 16 at the Content Creation User Group Meeting, one Linden, Runitai Linden, announced he would soon be leaving Linden Lab. He would speak a few minutes after the event started.

"It's been almost twenty years, and it's been, I'll always be grateful for the time here, no doubt. And everything Second Life has done and (I'll) always be proud of what Linden Lab and the residents have accomplished here. But, I've been convicted recently to pursue a career in public service, and at the same time I felt that calling, things stopped coming together in my head for doing the work that needs to be done here.

"I really feel as though I've done all that I can do, and that it's time for me to go on to something else.

"I wouldn't be able to do that if it wasn't for all of you. The career I've chosen doesn't exactly pay a living wage so I'll definitely be living off my savings. But I feel this is what I have to do. I also feel that the Second Life team has never been stronger. Everybody at the Lab and the open source community does such great work. Such talented people, just world-class engineers all around. I have no doubt Second Life will thrive in my absence.

"But it's definitely time for someone to step up into this role. You have to be fully committed to Second Life. And that's something I could do. And I did it for as long as I could. But I have to make a change. I hope that makes sense (and) it isn't too cryptic. But I will definitely miss all of you. I'll miss this place. Well, it's been a rollercoaster, that's for sure.

"I won't claim to know what all the future holds. But it is definately something I need to step away from, at least for a time. But as a parting gift, I will place a copyable and transferable copy of my bear on the table for anybody who wants to take a copy. Spread that to all."

Runtai has Davep as his display name, and joined Linden Lab in August 23, 2005, making him one of the longest-lasting Lindens in the Lab. Inara Pay would state he "has been a core member of the graphics / rendering team" for most of his years before being moved over to work on Project Sansar but would be moved back to it before it's sale to Wookey. Coming back, he would be working on the viewer's visual details, and more recently working on some of the bugs coming out as a resilt of the PBR updates.

She would also say Runitai would be going to work as a paramedic and "his openness, honesty, and jovial nature will be very much missed."

Source: Modem World

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