It’s with great pride and pleasure that I can announce that I will be working at The Forge Web Creations from the beginning of November.

Since I left my previous job, my eyes opened to what is available and what is possible in this fantastic industry, us geeks, all exist. I think I’ve met more inspirational people in the last month than I have throughout my entire life and it’s an incredible feeling. I’d like to thank everyone who approached me and offered me a position – I am looking for happiness and somewhere where I can open my creative mind and furthermore, be listened to when I do.

I met Sue, from The Forge, a couple months ago at the WordCampSA before-party at Asoka, and I immediately liked her, at this point I had no intention of working for anyone else and if anything, I was going to start my own media agency. After a lot of research, business plan drafting, meeting financial advisors and the likes, I decided that it was not in my best interest to do so for a number of reasons. At this point, I had left my job as Founder & Operations Manager at FormFunction and was looking for something more suited to the direction I wanted to go. Sue approached me during the period that I was freelancing and asked me to help her on a project, which I gladly accepted and cutting a long story short, this resulted in us chatting a great deal about her plans, my plans and a synergy sounded like the most powerful strategy.

I met Sue’s team and was introduced to their smashing Cape Stay venture – for lack of better words – I was blown away and inspired. After meeting the team and giving them a spur of the moment introduction to what’s going on in the space, it was clear that I would be a good fit for the company. Sue invited me onboard and without a hesitation, I gladly accepted. I will be assuming the position of Operations Manager with a strong focus on digital strategies, social media, community management and search engine optimization. It sounds like everything and more than I’ve ever wanted.

I am over the moon excited and have been bursting to let this news out! We have been brain storming some great ideas, which I will be sure to let you all know once they’re ready for action.

If you don’t follow your dreams and passions, you’ll (yes, you) be stuck in that desk forever.