Scoble has given several reasons why he chose to leave Microsoft, his family and happiness. Two of the best reasons to pursue a new career.
When I think back to why I left Sun, for several opportunities that are all about the new industry he’s entering, it was for exactly the same reasons. I wanted to spend more time with my family, and enjoy the work I was doing 100%.
For me that meant pursuing my own business, having a crack at a startup. I knew that if I sat in the corporate world for the rest of my life I’d regret not trying an idea of two I have.
It also gave me more time to pursue a hobby I’d discovered. Recording a The Gadget Show and G’Day World are a blast. I get to chat with some amazing people around the world, and Cam and I get to banter several times a week about the stuff we love.
This hobby, as Cam I’m sure will agree, has become something of a passion, and anyone who has dabbled in it will know, it’s big stuff. By the end of last year there had been about 30 million iPods sold since its launch, growing five times faster than the year before. If that’s not enough, in the first quarter of 2006, a total of 226.7 million mobile phones were shipped. Most have the ability to play audio files like MP3s. So, Scoble is entering a small market that is set for a boom: nanomedia, as Cam calls it.
For all those reasons I really get why Scoble is making his move. A very wise choice.
