So, who are you? (with apologies to The Who)
I’m a professional systems administrator (and former software engineer), in my 6th decade, who grew up and has lived essentially his entire life in the Midwest. I’ve been programming since I was 15, and doing it professionally for the last 25 years. (Before that I did some electronics repairs, and a bit of digital hardware engineering. I also assist my wife in managing the rental properties we own.) I’m now the employee of a public University in a smallish city.
So why would you want to write a blog?
In the last couple of years, I’ve become disenchanted with the way my career has turned out. In the last 9 months or so, I’ve come to the conclusion that I am a Code Monkey Code Monkey [corrected link] – I would be happiest if I could just sit somewhere and bang out some software that was pretty, and useful to someone.
So, I’m going to do something(s) about it. And I want to document my experience – partly for my own ego gratification, partly to get feedback, partly to give some assistance and encouragement to others “past their sell-by dates” who are trying to change jobs and/or careers.