What’s this page about?
As I attempt to withdraw more and more away from social media, I find more
and more cool personal sites. I found a now page in a few of them and thought
that it’s a good idea. See what is a “now page”?.
Last updated on January 6th, 2025.
Now
New adventures
The last months have been a lot, most of which was hard and positive. With the new year comes new adventures for my family and me.
Professional
I’ve left Orca yesterday, as of writing this. I have a new thing coming with an old friend - joining an early stage startup as one of the founding engineers.
Personal
The new thing includes a big change; relocating to the Bay Area, California. Big change, exciting, and scary. Right now we’re in the middle of packing and taking care of bureaucratic stuff.
Previous updates
Here are the previous updates, in reverse chronological order. Not sure why I’m keeping them or why you’d care, but since it does exist in git commits, might as well keep it here.
May 22nd, 2024
War
After last year ended with 3 months of reserve duty following October 7th, I’m “back to normal” - whatever that means while people are still kidnapped and friends are shipping off to the front lines.
Professional
My main professional focus is on Orca Security, where I’m now leading a small Engineering Enablement and Experience team. Combo of hands-on (fun!), architecture, L&D, team leadership, and more.
I’m also still co-hosting weekly episodes of the Cup o’ Go 🎧 podcast together with Jonathan Hall. This helps to keep me in the loop of what’s happening with Go, as I don’t do production development in it anymore. It’s also very rewarding and fun and I hope to keep it going. We have a few Patreon supporters which other than the direct support has really shifted my perspective on my value proposition for the world at large.
Shay Nehmad Software, my attempt at starting a consultation business, has been put on the back burner for now. That’s a shame but all my clients have been super gracious about it.
Personal
Personally, my main focus is family health and stability. We’ve gone through a few rough months. We have a beautiful 3 year old daughter, and she’s becoming smarter every day.
I’m (still) working on translating my grandfather’s book from Hebrew to English. I’m about 41% through the first pass.