Ready For Readify
Thought I'd post this before I go on vacation. Today I resigned from my position as a Lead Developer for Zap Technology. I've been offered an excellent position with Readify, a company I've viewed from afar for about a year and a half now.
One of the things that sold me on Readify was their attitude towards the development community. Most people who attend user groups (anywhere in Australia) will have seen a Readify presentation. They hold a large percentage of the Microsoft MVPs in Australia and empower their employees to do the same if they so desire. In fact they even give you incentives to get active in your community.
These are all the things I love to do: And they want to pay me to do it!
Well I start with Readify in mid January. I was planning to move this blog to Microsoft Live Spaces when I got back but I'll reconsider this move now. One thing's for certain is that my postings will increase in frequency and in quality. Hopefully they'll sound less like a letter written to my mother, and provide more technical information.
I also have a personal mission that I have challenged myself with: To drive the Brisbane/QLD development community, to the point where the other states get jealous. I hear so much about what's happening in other states on various blogs, but never Brisbane. This might be because I read the wrong blogs, but I'm a patriot none-the-less, and I want to see user groups with turnouts in the hundreds! I also want to see some deviation and expansion. Perhaps a Rich Web user group? Or a group dedicated to code quality (which fits with another idea I hope to act upon next year)? All ideas are welcome, and if you have any ideas for an open source project, I'd also be keen to hear.
I'll use my holiday to think through some strategies for how to achieve these meager goals.
I wonder if Readify have an indoor soccer team?
posted by Steven Nagy at
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