As of next week I will be bidding farewell to Darth Vader, Optimus Prime, Mr. Potato Head and a great group of developers at Hasbro. It is time to move on to more exciting topics like life insurance, annuities and mutual funds! Despite my kidding, I am actually very excited to announce that I have accepted a position as an applications developer with Sun Life Financial. The primary driver behind the move is that Sun Life is about 40 miles closer to my home (yes, each way), but I am also very excited by the position which will, I believe, allow me to continue to grow as a ColdFusion developer while adding in some Flex and Java skills.

Also let me give a plug to CFUGs (and the Boston CFUG which I run), because it was through the CFUG that I met and got to know some of the developers at Sun Life and, thereby, got this opportunity.

Lastly, as I say goodbye to Hasbro, I want to say thanks to the company, but especially the web development team. It has been a lot of fun - and I know it is difficult putting up with someone as perpetually bright, shiny and optimistic as I am. Now, let's count the days until I become "someone" ;)

P.S. If anyone is looking for a ColdFusion position in Rhode Island, keep your eyes open for the job listing.

My 2nd son, Samuel Efrain Rinaldi, was born at 12:00am last night weighing 6 pounds 9 ounces and with a very healthy cry :) Interestingly, he got his own birthday by a matter of seconds as my birhtday was yesterday and my wife's is tomorrow. If you want to see pictures, I will post to my Flickr account or on my about me page shortly (neither of which I have done a good job of maintaining I admit). I will also be doing my best to keep up with the open-source updates and lists the next couple weeks, but at least you might understand why I might fall behind.