After a decade long career as a software developer, system integrator and architect, I am moving on. I’m going to work at a mall.
Well, technically our whole company is moving into an old mall. I’m doing the same job. It is just a lot more exciting to say that I’m “working at a mall now”. Rackspace is growing so fast and we have outgrown our available space in our current San Antonio offices and after evaluating a few alternative solutions (including building a Dell-like campus from scratch, moving various offices out of state etc) we have decided to take over the old (abandoned) Windsor Park Mall as our corporate headquarters.
Here’s a few interesting links related to Windsor Park Mall:
- http://deadmalls.com/malls/windsor_park_mall.html
- http://mallsofamerica.blogspot.com/2006/03/windsor-park-mall-final-call.html
Here’s a few articles covering the recent events:
- http://www.mysanantonio.com/business/stories/MYSA080207.rackspace.EN.d699cdf1.html
- http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/neighbors/northeast/stories/MYSA081507.ne15mallimpact.135885f.html
- http://www.governor.state.tx.us/divisions/press/pressreleases/PressRelease.2007-08-02.3728
- http://digdeepertexas.com/?p=582
- http://t1ra.multiply.com/links/item/186/MySAcom_State_kicking_in_22_million_for_Rackspace_move
Many people have asked me how bad my drive from Boerne will be. After driving it during the same morning hours that I normally commute it wonlt be much worse than the drive was when we were downtown. If you are ever presented with an opportunity to tour an empty mall I highly recommend it. There’s a certain eerie quality to it that I can only liken to feeling as if zombies were right around the corner.
- My pictures from our visit
- other Rackers pictures:
