The last week was mostly about making sure nothing still depended on me.
I had a lot of responsibilities left to hand off at Shutterstock. I told the team I would be in the office less than usual, but I was still available on Slack and could be reached directly if anything needed me.
There was plenty to transfer. The work had crossed production infrastructure, storage, networks, offices, security, hiring, vendors, and the operating habits around all of them. A clean exit did not mean explaining every system from the beginning. It meant making sure the right people had the context, access, decisions, and open threads they needed after I was gone.
I did not want my departure to create a scavenger hunt.
The transition was already real. I had joined Reonomy, an early-stage data platform for commercial real estate, and had spent roughly 100 hours working with the company. We were setting up tools and starting to build the next version of the team. I was excited to give it my full attention.
That excitement did not erase the last week at Shutterstock. I had spent years helping build the technology operations organization as the company grew. There were people I cared about and systems I knew deeply. Leaving well mattered.
My message to the team was short: I have a lot to do, I will not be around as much, and I am still available. The rest was the work of closing loops one by one.
Monday would be the full start at Reonomy. Before that, I had one final week to make sure Shutterstock did not need me to keep moving.