Lenn Pryor, director for Platform Evangelism, has quit his job with Microsoft. He will move to the UK and start working for Skype.

People change jobs all the time, but Pryor's case is noteworthy because he's leaving a company in which he lost faith.

He writes on his blog: "I decided to swap problem sets from one that I am not passionate about any more to one that I AM deeply passionate about. I just couldn't go on being an evangelist for a gospel that I don't believe I can sing. I am returning to focus on what I enjoy most, building amazing things that make people happy, change lives, and make money. In this case Skype was a better place for me to do this and one that shares my core values and beliefs in how the future of both software and business will unfold."

Pryor leaving Microsoft is more than just a job change. It's like a rabbi converting to Christianity and becoming a priest.

19 Apr 2005