We Have Lift-off

Information Technology has been a huge part of my life for sometime now. Since I was in grade school I was programming, and I guess it was only natural that this would blossom into a career. I'm thirty-one now and have been in the IT business professionally for about seven years. My career choice saw me move halfway across the country and back to where I grew up, letting me experience different parts of the country, as well as gain valuable technical skills.

To start my career off, I was part of the IT department of a large insurance / financial company, and I have recently joined a small, cutting edge software company. Needless to say, I have seen two extremes of the different IT work environments. I think testing out the waters of two different types of companies will help me make the final decision on what type of company I would like to spend the rest of my career with. At this point, it's a tough decision since both environments have so many different advantages.

Anway, I didn't want to get into my life story, but just wanted to start off with a brief background of myself. In terms of the type of technical work I've done, I've had the privilege of experiencing a wide spectrum of different technologies. I started off on a development team building a fat client using Java Swing. I then moved on to building distributed systems leveraging J2EE and web services. I now find myself wrapped up in the .NET world, heavily focussing on data syndication. In the mean-time, I always find time to do a little consulting side projects. These are usually J2EE web systems.

I'm lucky to say that I wake up everyday eager to get to the office to see what awaits me. I see no sign of slowing down anytime soon, and if that time every comes, I guess it's time to find a new career. Be sure to check back (or better yet, subscribe to this feed) for my upcoming technical articles.

Take care.