Thursday, August 21, 2008

An intro

"Journey of learning"...wow, doesn't that sound sophisticated? The fact is, in the world of technology, it's not what you know, but whether or not you can learn, that determines how far you can go.

I recently spent about 6-weeks on a job hunt (more on this another time, perhaps), and I was amazed at how few recruiters understand this. I got a lot of "how many years of experience do you have in technology X". While that's great to know, I think it's much more telling to ask questions that reveal how much you learned during your experiences. Anybody can spent a year tip-toeing around, trying not to get in the way. The talented will find smart people, question their assumptions, learn how they think, learn how they work, and, overall, improve how they themselves work and think.

That's what this blog will be about - my struggle to learn, improve, challenge myself and others, and hopefully make some useful contributions to the industry along the way. Such a journey is always more fun when you've got someone traveling along, so the purpose of this blog is to invite you to come along with me.