It’s been a whirlwind month, to say the least. At the end of September, I had multiple client projects wrapping up, a rapidly approaching deadline for the Rails World app, and wrapping up a paid mentorship engagement. All of this is on top of planning international travel for the first time. While not exactly what I’d call ‘relaxing’, I would say the conference has me feeling a bit rejuvenated afterward like these types of events usually do. Dealing with multiple smaller engagements at once...
over 2 years ago • 4 min read
This has been a wild month. One of my more exhausting ones in a while. Between the heat, personal obligations, and projects ending and kicking off all at the same time, it really put me through the wringer. Published Posts Nada, zip, zilch, zero. August was the first month since switching over to self-employment where I didn’t post at least 2 articles. Between my current client obligations, working on my Ruby Conf proposals, and the last stages of the Rails World conference app, I didn’t have...
over 2 years ago • 6 min read
Hello and welcome to the first edition of my new monthly newsletter update! I’ll be talking about my ongoing experiences with mentoring early career developers, working on my SaaS business on the side, experiences with doing contract and consulting work but I’m also planning on including some lighter and more personal stuff. A straight laced professional monthly update is not my style and isn’t something that sounds sustainable for me. July has been a wild month here in the mountains. It’s...
over 2 years ago • 9 min read