I am back from the deep dark world of Brick n' Mortar and back to consulting again, and boy I gotta tell ya - it feels good! And not only am I consulting again, but I found a place that truly appreciates the Geek Ninja in all of us and where the other consultants are in my opinion true rock stars of the .NET development world. I have not met a more passionate group of folks anywhere in the past and I have worked at some places where passions on technology can run pretty deep, so that is saying A LOT!
So what is this Dojo of the Digital age you ask - well I am talking about ILM in Edina MN. These guys are fantastic! I have only been here a week and they have made me feel right at home! Even the owner is a hard core techie. And it's not just code that these guys are into, being a former professional mechanic and inventor, I can truly appreciate the stuff I have seen so far, never a dull moment for me and I am the guy who likes to rip things apart just to see how they work and challenge myself by putting it back together again (with no left over parts and in either working or better condition than when I started mind you - LOL).
We all went out to lunch last week and I remember the owner asking us out of the blue, "So what are you guys excited about in Technology outside of programming". This took me aback as I have never heard anyone else do this in the past, it's always been about code, but these guys were really talking my language now! Could it really be that these guys are into all that stuff too?! Sure enough we went from talking about the new G3 IPhone and other gadgets (typical everyday stuff) to theories on more efficient means to escape the earths gravity to facilitate cheaper space travel - and these guys were really deep in it - I had a blast, truly awesome stuff.
I think I found a long term home here.