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When my coauthor and I began working on Programming Scala last year, the most frequent comment I got was, “you’re never going to want to write another book once you’re done.” Well, as of this morning, I’m pretty much done, and I can say that I’d very much like to write another book. I don’t think, though, that I would commit to another one while working a full-time job, and I certainly wouldn’t recommend trying to write a book while working at a rapidly growing startup. When I announced that I was going to be working on the book, a critic insinuated that it would detract from my work at Twitter. In practice, the opposite was true. I had many an evening or weekend afternoon of writing interrupted by fires at work that needed fighting. For that reason, I wouldn’t consider taking on another book project until I can give it my full attention. The value of sabbaticals as practiced in the academic world was made crystal clear to me throughout the writing process.