# Dan Abramov is between things

> After Meta and Bluesky, Dan Abramov is taking a break, watching his field change, and opening up a few hours of consulting.
- Title: Dan Abramov is between things · Overreacted | Shortify
- Summary: After Meta and Bluesky, Dan Abramov is taking a break, watching his field change, and opening up a few hours of consulting. You can admit you don't know…
- Keywords: react, careers, consulting, bluesky, open source, technology, design, Dan, Abramov, between, things, Overreacted
- Source: Overreacted — https://overreacted.io/im-doing-a-little-consulting
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: react, careers, consulting, bluesky, open source, technology, design
## Two years at Bluesky
He left Meta in July 2023 meaning to rest, then Bluesky pulled him in: React, open source, and a Twitter habit all in one place. He stayed almost two years.

> I wanted to take a long break from work around then
## What he picked up there
React Native internals, a lot of polish work on the app, and a stretch of engineering management. Then he realized the break he skipped could not wait any longer.
## He doesn't know what's next
His honest position: he can't tell what happens to his skillset, in building software or in teaching it. Both are changing at once, and no obvious next thing has appeared.

> So for now I'll sit by the river and watch whatever's happening float by.
## The blog came back
He revived overreacted mostly to write about React Server Components, because he kept needing links that didn't exist yet. He's not sure that stream is exhausted.

> I had a bunch of things I wanted to be able to point people to that had no definitive URLs
## Now he's consulting
No code. Technical guidance on UI engineering, mostly React and React Native: architecture, performance, specific deep dives, or higher-level product and infra calls.
## How it works
A 1:1 hourly call, one to start, more if it helps. Best for technical leaders or very motivated learners. Someone asked, so he clarified: it isn't free.

> It is unfortunately not free (somebody asked me that so I have to clarify).
## Key takeaway

You can admit you don't know what's next and still offer the thing you're good at right now.