Working at Dashlane for Almost Eleven Years: A Goodbye and Three Lessons

Some jobs end with a quiet email. Others end with a post that says thank you to a whole company. A longtime team member is leaving after almost eleven years of working at Dashlane, with the last day set for Friday, October 9. The farewell is short, warm and packed with lessons that apply well beyond one workplace.

A drink by the Seine that sealed the deal

The story starts on November 2, 2015. Back then the team was a fraction of its present size and the business was still young. The interview went through cofounder Guillaume Maron, and the follow-up was drinks on the quais de Seine, in front of Rosa Bonheur, to see whether the fit was real.

It was.

From early days to millions of users

That startup to scale-up journey is easy to say and hard to live. Dashlane now protects millions of consumers and tens of thousands of enterprises, has opened up new geographies and built a product that helps people and companies keep their digital lives secure. Pride in that work is obvious in the post.

Yet the author says the people matter more: colleagues who were hired along the way, those who grew up with the company, and those who will keep shaping it. Building a security product is team sport, and this team treated the responsibility seriously every single day.

Three lessons to carry into a career transition in tech

Anyone facing a career transition in tech could borrow these:

• Trust is the product. In security, each technical decision is a promise to customers.
• Strong teams adapt. Dashlane changed many times, and each time its people made it stronger.
• Growing others is the best use of a leader’s time. Not the flashiest lesson, but possibly the most lasting.
• Think of it as a backpack. You leave the office, but the habits and values go with you.

What happens next

Frédéric R. thanks customers, partners and everyone at Dashlane who made the journey possible, and promises to cheer for the team from the outside. As for the next move, the post ends with a teaser: details come in a week.

Posts like this pop up more often as people in tech rethink where they want to work and how. devs.com.pt recently reported on how long-term careers and fresh starts are both shaping the industry. And if the next chapter for you means a change of scenery, browsing remote tech jobs is one way to see what’s out there.