Made a day trip to AMS today, waking up at 4am+ for a 4-hour Eurostar ride to AMS for a farewell lunch for TF, then taking another 4-hour ride back to London, arriving at ~10pm.

Despite my intentions, forgot to suggest taking a team photo during lunch, then never got around to speaking to him again after lunch, until I had to interrupt his chat with our CEO to hug him goodbye. And therefore also forgot to take a picture with him.

I was running late for the train, and had to dash like crazy, while the staff supposedly requested special permission to let me board.

Despite working together for only one brief year, and largely remotely – we have may been in the same location only 4-5x max (I can only recall 4x off the top of my head), he is definitely among the top 3 “bosses” / managers / leaders I’ve worked with. Possibly the top. So it’s a real shame I’ve never taken a picture with him. Oh well.

At least RR and I took a farewell selfie together. He was surprised to see me in the AMS office, as I didn’t tell him I’d be there. But I Slacked him, and we had a brief chat in a room, and a selfie, before I left.

[posted retroactively]