Well, all right. Let's get this party started for real, yo.

I guess my blogging career wasn't ready to start last March. But now that I'm actually excited about working in IT again, maybe I'll start using this thing.

The startup didn't work out for various reasons that I might or might not go into at some point. I'm now working for a web-oriented software company near downtown Seattle. It's not a startup (it's been around for 15 years or so, though it's still pretty small.) This blog will discuss the insights I've had concerning software development in recent years as well as what I'm learning on the job there.

The ground rules:

1. You'll never get to know who it is that I'm working for, since blogging too closely about one's employer is a good way to get fired. Even if you accidentally figure it out, I'll always have plausible deniability. I can't even tell you which industry segment I'm in, though, because that will totally give it away. Hell, even telling you that might give it away.

2. I'm never gonna rag on my co-workers. Though that might make the blog more interesting, my co-workers would probably find out if I were ragging on them, even if I anonymized them. That can't be a good idea. I reserve the right to praise them, though.

3. Any political issues will go in the other blog. That way, I could even use this blog to do some networking or even show fellow employees without aggravating them.