Jeff Nadeau - Beyond Lektora & Microsoft

After living in Redmond, WA for 2 years and a couple of months, my wife and I decided to move back permanently to our home town of Quebec City, Canada to be closer to our families…

Working at the headquarters of the largest software company in the world was definitely an extremely good experience. I shipped the best browser-integrated RSS reader in Internet Explorer 7 in addition to a shiny, more comprehensive Windows Live home page.

For the past nine years, I’ve experienced so many different companies, from the smallest to the biggest in three different cities and two countries. I also had the thrill to start and sell my own company, Lektora. Finally, I’ve traveled everywhere on the west coast of US/Canada, even Hawaii.

What will the next years look like? I don’t even know yet… I’m taking a sabbatical for the rest of year. We’re also planning an extended travel in Australia/New Zeland and definitely some much needed quality time with our families and friends back home.

On this, I’ll be in Quebec City in a couple of days and it’s with mixed emotions. I’m leaving very good friends behind and unique memories of two special years…