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November 28, 2006
Back to my (career) roots
I started my career (not too many years ago) as a programmer (dBase and FoxPro), but soon after got really interested in network engineering and operations and eventually moved into an operations management career path.
Throughout my career, I've always found my programming background useful. As a network engineer, there were lots of opportunities to accelerate or automate tasks with programming (so I learned Perl), and as a manager I had a better grasp on build-vs-buy decisions and could speak raw "requirements." Many times I fantasized about becoming a full-time programmer again, but was resolved to it being just a hobby.
In March, Mike started a new job with OpenAir. I was really intrigued with what he told me about working at OpenAir, so when a software engineer position opened in August (and it seemed prudent for other reasons), I decided to apply.
I started working for OpenAir on Oct 30. I'm still coming up to speed on a very complex piece of software, but I am definitely enjoying programming full-time again. More to come as I get reacquainted with programming as a day job, and with OpenAir.
Posted by pete at November 28, 2006 10:02 PM