MightyFine

I don’t think “Hawkeye” Pierce ever said that in the series, but it was a staple in the original book.  And while I live next door to Maine, I don’t think I’ve ever heard anyone actually say it.  But it defines a group of people that I would like to call out.

Yesterday afternoon I posted word on LinkedIn of a new role I had acquired.  By midnight I had twenty responses.  Seventeen came from people that I worked with at Compuware, 20 years ago.  Three of those former colleagues hailed from our EMEA office, and I met them perhaps once or twice.

That’s really pretty incredible, that after 20 years, so many of my former colleagues not only remembered me, but were thoughtful enough to congratulate me and ask how life was going.  I cannot tell you how touched I was.

Compuware constructed a great distributed products company (services not so much) with people who were truly special.  Then they killed it.  I would work with this same team again in a heartbeat, but that time has passed.  I don’t want to name names publicly, but you know who you are, and thank you for being who you are.