Consumed by Ebay!

For those of you who haven't heard... The company I work for, Bill Me Later, was bought by Ebay last week. This is a huge step forward for Bill Me Later and will allow us to grow our product across a global scale. Although Bill Me Later as a company will be merging with the PayPal division of Ebay, it will still remain as a separate entity. Bill Me Later will function as the instant credit and promotional financing engine for Ebay and PayPal! You can read more about it here.

Even though I probably would have preferred the IPO route for Bill Me Later, given the current market conditions, I think this is a great move for the company and I'm excited to be a lead developer on one of the largest e-commerce companies on the internet today.

Another plus... Some of the employee benefits that Ebay offers is pretty sweet! I personally dig the 4 week sabbatical they give every employee every 5 years. This means that I can tack on my vacation of 4 weeks + the 4 week sabbatical and have 2 months paid off of work every 5 years. The other plus is that we can now be part of the employee stock purchase plan which gives us the opportunity to purchase ebay at a 15% discount, very nice!

For the geeks out there...

Check out they Ebay architecture here. It's one of the most impressive IT architectures I've ever seen and I'm excited to be a part of it! You can find more details and podcast about it here as well.