# How to Take an 11 Month Sabbatical

DevFeed: [How to Take an 11 Month Sabbatical](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-to-take-an-11-month-sabbatical-39035.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.zacsweers.dev/how-to-take-an-11-month-sabbatical/>)

Author: Zac Sweers

Published: 2026-06-29T05:54:30Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Zac Sweers](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/zac-sweers.md>)

Topics: [Programming](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/programming.md>), [Slack](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/slack.md>), [compilers](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/compilers.md>), [Algorithms, Complexity](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/algorithms-complexity.md>)

Tags: [2025](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/2025.md>), [algorithms](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/algorithms.md>), [compilers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/compilers.md>), [slack](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/slack.md>), [work](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/work.md>)

## AI overview

The author reflects on leaving Slack after nearly six years to take an 11-month sabbatical. During the break, they focused on running, open-source work on Metro, fostering dogs, travel, and revisiting subjects such as compilers and algorithms through practical projects.

## Source excerpt

A sequel to the last one, but a bit longer. On Leaving Slack After nearly 6 years, I left Slack in August of 2025. It was for a combination of reasons that added up to "it's time". The biggest reason was that Salesforce (who acquired Slack