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    <h1>25th work anniversary</h1>
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<p>25 January 1999 was my first day at <a href="http://w3.org">W3C</a>. I was 23 years old when I started. I’ve now spent more than half my life at that. I regret nothing because I find the work I do really interesting, important, meaningful; and I don’t tire of it because I feel like there’s renewal every now and then. I’ve held many positions, worn many hats, learned a lot of things and I work with incredibly smart and dedicated people. This has been and is very rewarding.</p>

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<p>I selected a highlight for each year (in many cases it was hard to choose just one, so I didn’t) for a retrospective:</p>

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<li>1999: Meeting in Toronto; my first transatlantic flight</li>


<li>2000: Organized the first W3C <a href="https://www.w3.org/news-events/w3c-tpac/"><abbr title="Technical Plenary and Advisory Committee meeting">TPAC</abbr></a> in Europe: TPAC 2001, Mandelieu</li>


<li>2001: Started to code my personal website (<a href="https://www.koalie.net">koalie.net</a>)</li>


<li>2002: Training in management</li>


<li>2003: Elected staff representative (per French Labour law)</li>


<li>2004: Was asked to consider joining the W3C Comm Team</li>


<li>2005: Joined the Comm Team (half-time); became staff contact of the <a href="https://www.w3.org/2002/ab/">W3C Advisory Board</a> (a role I held for 12 years)</li>


<li>2006: Moved to Boston to work 9 months at MIT as a “Visiting Scholar”</li>


<li>2007: Handed off the management of the W3C Europe team’s travels, budgets and policies</li>


<li>2008: Joined the Comm Team full-time; organized my last big meeting: TPAC 2008 + Team Day, in Mandelieu</li>


<li>2009: Learn to edit the W3C website</li>


<li>2010: Put W3C on social media, and Tim Berners-Lee on Twitter</li>


<li>2011: Interviewed for a job elsewhere but failed after round 3</li>


<li>2012: Co-wrote the first draft of the W3C code of ethics and professional conduct</li>


<li>2013: Training in product management; First presentation in front of W3C Members (on how incubated work moves to the standardization track)</li>


<li>2014: Spearheaded “Webizen”, a first attempt to open W3C Membership to individuals; Re-elected Staff Representative</li>


<li>2015: Became Head of the W3C Comm Team</li>


<li>2016: Survived year one of the Encrypted Media Extensions public relations nightmare</li>


<li>2017: Stopped being the AB Team contact; Survived year two of EME PR nightmare</li>


<li>2018: Management of the W3C “diversity fund” to financially help people who are from under-represented communities attend TPAC; Re-elected Staff Representative</li>


<li>2019: Go-to-Market strategy for W3C’s legal entity; Narrative strategy for fundraising in the future</li>


<li>2020: <a href="https://www.w3.org/help/w3c-website-design/">W3C Website rede</a>sign project (<abbr title="request for proposals">RFP</abbr>, selection, contributions, leading)</li>


<li>2021: The “Ralph’s office zoom background” <a href="https://blog.koalie.net/2021/01/29/pranking/">prank</a>; W3C Website redesign (continued)</li>


<li>2022: Re-elected Staff Representative; Website public content re-write; second attempt to open W3C Membership to individuals; proposed W3C internal re-organization; <a href="https://blog.koalie.net/2022/12/20/burnout/">burn-out</a></li>


<li>2023: W3C Website launch; got COVID for the first time; Humane Technology Design certification; e(X)filtration of the W3C Twitter account and moved it full-time to Mastodon (an instance we operate ourselves)</li>
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<p>It is as likely as anything else that I will finish my career at the Web Consortium. I wouldn’t mind!</p>
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