Late in December, I tendered my resignation to the founders of DreamHost. My last day is Friday, January 12th. After over six years, it’s time to move on to my next adventure. But, before I do, I want to spend some time reflecting on my time at DreamHost.
DreamHost is the reason I moved my wife and infant daughter from Atlanta to Los Angeles. We spent our first year in the heart of Venice Beach, in a little condo on Abbot Kinney Blvd., the trendiest street in the trendiest neighborhood in LA. We now have settled into a lovely home in a great family neighborhood in South Redondo Beach, and couldn’t be happier.
In my six years at DreamHost, I’ve held five different positions, covering a huge variety of disciplines and responsibilities – software development, product management, operations, and even managing an entire business unit. I’ve had the pleasure of helping DreamHost become a company with disciplined engineering, product, and marketing teams. I’ve helped guide the company to embrace modern cloud infrastructure, and been part of releasing some of our fastest growing products on top of that infrastructure. We launched two spinoff companies based on open source technology we created, one of which became one of the greatest commercial open source successes ever.
In my six year run, DreamHost has also gone through a major reorganization, redefined our core values, and defined a Noble Cause, Vision, and Mission. We even stood up for the freedom of our customers in a landmark battle with the Department of Justice! We’ve become a company that knows who we are, what we stand for, and how we fit into the world. I’m immensely proud and gratified to have been a part of it.
Today’s DreamHost has an incredible culture, a caring leadership team, and a bright future. It’s been a joy. Keep on dreaming, DreamHost! I’ll miss you all!
What’s next for me? Well, that’s a different story...
Comments (78)
Congratulations and good luck, dear Nephew Jonathan. We are so very proud of you and await your next challenges and successes.
Well done, Jonathan! Have fun with your new adventures. <3
Great run at DreamHost. Best of luck on whatever is next for you! I'll be looking forward to hearing about that when you're ready to share.
Thanks, Mark! I'm pretty excited about what's next. Announcement is coming next week, and its looking pretty cloudy... in a good way 😉
Thanks for the opportunities you opened for me while I was on the Dreamhost team. Good luck at your new endeavor!
Thanks, Doug! It was amazing having you on the team. I hope we have a chance to work together again!
Wow! Good luck .. can't wait to hear where you are going next..
Thanks, Neil! Looking forward to publishing that blog post 😀
That’s the beautiful thing about open source.
Send me (or him) a Resume and we can make that happen. You'd look good in a Red Fedora.
Congrats! 🎉 Sounds like an incredible journey with DreamHost. I know it’s always an exciting/nervous time when transitioning companies. Hope the transition goes smoothly. Will you all be moving for the new job?
I second that!
Great run at DreamHost, and new ventures beckon. Praying and cheering you on!
A well written history of your time at DreamHost and the legacy you leave behind.
Where you going next Jonathan LaCour? I hope it will be just as lovely!
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We will miss you muchly. But I do happen to know a place with good lunches and great views...
Congratulations on your time at DH. Best of luck with your future endeavors!
Thanks 👊
Best of luck in the future! Interested to see what you’re up to post-Host.
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Congrats on a great run. I look forward to hearing of your new adventures
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With admiration Mr Lacour always best regards !!!!much happiness and your next journey Jonathan big hug to la bella familia!!!!!
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you doing it kid!!! love ya!!!
Congrats! 🎉 Sounds like an incredible journey with DreamHost. I know it’s always an exciting/nervous time when transitioning companies. Hope the transition goes smoothly. Will you all be moving for the new job? (eddiehinkle.com/2018/01/05/8/r…)
Stop depressing me! 😥
Haha, was that meant for me?
Wow! Good luck in the next chapter
best of luck to you buddy! also damn, i can't believe it's been that long...
No. LaCour has made me the sad.
I can definitely understand that. I thought maybe you meant to reply to my retweet instead of to his original tweet (because of the timing).
No, Twitter’s doing this fucked up thing where it legit thinks I want my timeline in a non-time-oriented order. “best” first.
You know you can turn that off, right? twitter.com/settings/accou… and then Cmd-F "best", uncheck.
I just went and did that actually :)
Thanks, pal!
Wow, you're taking the "new year, new you" thing very seriously in 2018. Big changes are afoot and I can't wait to see how you'll change the world next. <3
Good luck in your new endeavors!
Thanks, Vicky! Looking forward to seeing you on the conference circuit. Its been too long since we caught up :)
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Thanks for leaving an awesome mark and see you (and your BBQ cam) online!
Whoa that’s huge! What a way to kickstart 2018, b00m! It was a pleasure working with you and DH over the years, looking forward to keep in touch Jonathan 👍
Thanks, Ben! I think you'll be excited by where I'm off to next, as well. 😉
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Congrats, brilliant brother! 🥂 Excited for your next chapter.
Get it, son
I'll miss being able to drop into your office to pester you any time I want to catch up.
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Enjoyed my time on your team at DH. Excited to hear what's next for you :)
Sounds like something exciting is coming... Can't wait to hear about it!
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I am genuinely excited about it. A whole new adventure!
Great post. I have only heard good things about you and your skills. I would guess that you have some great things ahead.
Congrats Jonathan! Let’s catch up soon. Would love to hear about your new journey.
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Thanks, Ben! Yes, let’s definitely catch up soon.
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Congrats Jonathan. Excited for what’s next for you, I have always been a big fan of yours! Hopefully the next chapter is in San Diego...this whisky isn’t going to drink itself.
Totally agree!
Don’t you mean 🥃🥃
Jeff Youngren 🤣☺️
I don’t know who you guys have been listening to, but I suggest you keep listening 🤪
I'm on the edge of my seat! What's next?!?!
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Thanks for being a class act back when I was a sales grunt Jonathan. Small world. People remember.
Me too
Can’t wait to hear what is next for you!