Saturday, February 2, 2013

Break is over. Now, with less vanilla


I haven't written anything in the last few weeks because I was leaving one job and starting another. On January 31, I left Quick Left as an apprentice software developer. Quick Left is a consultancy and therefore can't and shouldn't spend any more time training me. Unfortunately, I need more training to be at the level they need so I they pushed me out into the big world of software development to find my way. They gave me plenty of encouragement and well-wishes.

I didn't wait until this past Thursday to find my own way, however. In the beginning of December, I was already applying for a new job. I start at iTriage on February 4th. I look forward to learning more about Web application development there as I help maintain and build systems to help people.

The important thing, here, is I can once again turn my attention toward posting things for you to read.

Here are some of the topics I've been thinking about:
  • "Social" media: how horrifying and amazing it is
  • NSFW Part 1: Examining culture through work
  • NSFW Part 2: Discussion of how technology has influenced the way we work.
  • My biggest barrier to writing fiction: language
  • Applying agile software development practices to writing fiction.