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I'm Ryan Lowe, a Software Engineering graduate living in Ottawa, Canada. I like agile software development and Ruby on Rails.
I write this blog in Canadian English and don't use a spell checker. Typos happen.
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» Full-time with Rails since May 2005 » Former committer for RadRails (now Aptana) » I also have a few Rails side-projects in development: 1. wheretogoinTO.com Toronto nightlife 2. Hey Heads Up! TODO list and sharing 3. Layered Genealogy family history research 4. foos for foosball scoring 5. fanconcert for music fans (on hold) Hiring Rails developers? I can telecommute by the hour from Ottawa, Canada »» Email: rails AT ryanlowe DOT ca
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No, I will not fix your computer
I've been wanting the t-shirt for while. To expand on Roy's point about helping people: <rant>Are car designers mechanics? Are architects construction workers? No, I don't think so. Like the car designer and architect, I'm a knowledge worker. So when you ask me about your problems with Windows/AOL/anything don't get all flustered when I don't know the answer. I am not a tech support agent. "Well what are they teaching you in school anyway, if you don't know how to fix this?" I don't have time to explain the intricacies of software engineering to you, but to simplify: I make the software that you bitch about - I don't help people use it. Ha. ;)</rant> Posted at May 03, 2003 at 07:14 PM ESTLast updated May 03, 2003 at 07:14 PM EST Comments
lol - what's even worse is that i don't konw that much about hardware - so those questions are even more frustrating to be asked... i *love* when you meet someone - they ask what you do - you tell them - and then they make a comment about how you'd be perfect at their place of business because no one knows how to use the computer sheeat they have a work ... too funny » Posted by: andrew at May 11, 2003 02:31 PM |
