It’s been a wild past few months. To sum it all up, I’ve accepted a position at the Yakima Herald-Republic as a web developer. I’ll be working on some of the Rails development that Ezra Zygmuntowicz started, in addition to developing some more specialized applications for the paper.
It’s a pretty radical change from what I’ve been working on the past few years, but I’m excited about working with Rails in a smaller environment. In addition, I’ll be working with an old colleague again. Leaving Seattle will be a big change, though.
That’s pretty cool. Good luck down in Yakima!
Are you going to have to bounce around the country, or is this a ongoing contract with the Herald?
Thanks!
This is a full-time position, and I’ll probably be there for the next few years. They’re interested in building a back-end system they can license out(and offer parts as open-source). Since I’d be the lone coder working on it, I’d have significantly more input into design than I did at my previous job.