My Tribute

My tribute to Dmitry Golub, Software Analyst, Quest Software St.Petersburg.

In early May, I received an out of office reply from Dmitry stating that he will be on medical leave for 3 weeks. I have not heard from him since then and was wondering if he has already back to work.

This morning I received an email from a colleague in Canada. The email definitely caught my attention and it kind of affecting me the entire day. Part of the email content:

He was one of us – building labs, troubleshooting issues, working late nights and weekends, always ready to help.
Dmitry passed away in a hospital last month.

He went for an operation and died of kidney failure as what I was told. Dmitry has been really helpful to me throughout my stay in this company. Working with me at 2am his time, ensuring that I get all the help as much as I need. Maybe I’m kind of soppy, I was browsing thru all the past emails that he sent to me…. I felt worse….haiz….. Funny that we’ve never met, yet I was impacted by this incident. I was scheduled for a business trip to St.Petersburg end of this month and was hoping to see him face to face. And deep down in my heart, I would really want to meet him personally to thank him with all the help given. This will not happen…….. That’s my regret.