What the hell happened? I mean, I don’t care for “I haven’t been blogging because…” posts either, but it’s been quiet here lately, hasn’t it?
The explanation comes in two parts:
After I announced I was releasing WordCram, I worked like mad on it. In my last post, the one announcing WordCram, I said “There’s still work to do, but that’s the fun part,” but I had no idea. And it’s not even a big library, or do anything useful! And there is certainly still work to do. I have a new, visceral appreciation for how much open source software developers give us. That’s the first part.
But all that stopped last April, when my employer began going through some – I guess “changes” is a safe enough word. Nevermind what they were. It got me thinking it was time to find a job I liked better. The job search is the second part of the explanation. I didn’t want another ordinary-business kind of job, but I didn’t know which direction to head in. After sinking myself in some Processing.org dataviz, science, and Ruby, talking to a bunch of excellent people, and finding some luck, I got a spot on the SeeClickFix team, doing Ruby on Rails, and helping citizens improve their community.
Get a great job, working in a great language, making the world a little bit better:
I start in September, right before I start classes at Ruby Mendicant University. It’s been a busy spring and summer, and it’ll be a busy fall, too.
And at some point, I have some WordCram things to finish…
Love the post title. :-) Good luck on the new gig, sounds more like a fit for you than the latest one. Are you going to be able to work from home?
Thanks! They’ll let me work from home occasionally, but it’s much nicer to be in the same place.