Henry Lubong's Journal

I am not aware of any rules or company policy that you can not say NO to your CEO. I am not discounting the fact that they are the most powerful person in a company but it doesn’t mean they can’t be wrong. They may have this grandeur idea (which they are always good at) [...]

It took two long weeks when I first setup my development environment at work with Eclipse, Tomcat, Velocity, et al. Aside from transitioning from PHP to Java world, there were some other network and server issues too. It definetely was a learning experience and was worth the time. Today, since I’m working from home and [...]

Congratulations to Reunion.com and Wink! I’m looking forward to working with the Reunion folks down in LA. Here is a press release in Yahoo!’s site – http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/081103/20081103005409.html.
Some pictures I took during our merger dinner party:

Wow, I can’t believe I have been working for Wink for exactly 2 years today. With all the dramas and many changes, I survived the tides. When I was in Yahoo, there’s a tradition that every 2 years, you are given an option to look for a job in another business unit. They believe that [...]

Calling someone a backstabber maybe too harsh but still I don’t regret what I said. I don’t like having enemies and I am not the type of person that holds grudges. I’ll leave that to past but I don’t condone that person’s actions.

We just launched the mobile version of Wink. It’s the same url – http://wink.com. All you need is your iPhone, Pocket PC, Treo, Blackberry, or anything that uses Mozilla browser on their phone.
Now you can search for people anywhere you go. Met someone at a party and can’t wait to find more information about [...]

Check this new feature that we’ve been working on at Wink and send us your feedback…
Go to http://people.wink.com and start searching for your friends, old colleagues or other people that you are interested in.
… wow and I’ve only been at Wink for 3 weeks!

That’s right, today is my first day at Wink. A lot of you thought I was going to Google but I chose to work for Wink instead. Yes, I was also interviewed by Google but the process of interview was too long and I don’t think it is worth the wait… well at least not [...]

I think the secret game had worked out well for me. Although I had no intention of playing it to this extent, I was well rewarded for it. You’re probably wondering what the heck I am talking about. Ok, since Monday when I first gave my verbal resignation, my manager was so eager to know [...]

Today, I officially tendered my resignation from Yahoo, effective on October 13. After 22 1/2 months with Y!, I decided it is time for a change and move on with my career. Yahoo is a great place to work for but another opportunity knocked on my door. I made a mistake once and this is [...]

This morning, I received a very good news from my recruiter. The company that I interviewed with is extending me an offer to work for them. I admit it was a mixed feeling. I really like working for Yahoo but I have to do this for my own benefit.
The package that they offered was very [...]