Back to the Future (aka: returning to self-employment)
February 15, 2006 @ 12:12 PM6 months ago I was self-employed and enjoying the life of consulting. Admittedly it wasn’t much different than being employed, I had a full-time contract with the same organization for 5 straight years (5 consecutive 1-year contracts). But, it was, nevertheless, consulting, and I was able to work for other clients as well during that time.
Many of you will recall that about 6 months ago I accepted a full-time employment position as Senior Software Developer for a local technology corporation. While the opportunity was amazing, the position ended up being something very different than what I originally thought. I believed the position would have a heavy web-development focus, and in the end it did not. While I believe the company has a very impressive foundation and bright future, the focus of the position did not match my skill set or desires very well.
About the same time I accepted that position I began investigating this technology I kept reading about called Ruby on Rails. As you all know now, I have fallen in love with Ruby. For that reason, I decided to leave my job and pursue Ruby on Rails contracts. Today was officially my last day.
And so, I’m back to being self-employed!
PS: If you need any Ruby on Rails work done… ;)