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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 Ruby on Rails freelancer
» 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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Changing Gears
It always takes a week or two to completely switch gears between work and school. Work is great because it's regular -- you know you'll have nights and weekends off. School is great because you don't have to show up on Friday until 2:30 -- but you might be there until midnight. ACK. Hopefully not much this semester ... On a side note, during my work term evaluation my boss reminded me of something I sometimes take for granted: I get paid to do something I love to do ... and that's fortunate. Do what you love, you'll be happier in the long run. Posted at September 02, 2003 at 01:43 AM ESTLast updated September 02, 2003 at 01:43 AM EST Comments
Are you saying Canada Customs is going away? No I think it's safe to say it's not. I don't know if I'll go back but I'll definitely consider it ... I had fun there. » Posted by: Ryan at September 2, 2003 02:45 PM"Do what you love, you'll be happier in the long run." There are things beyond our control, that may not allow us to do that. If only it was that simple. » Posted by: roy at September 2, 2003 08:26 PMTrue, but if you ever have the choice ... :) » Posted by: Ryan at September 2, 2003 09:32 PMshould see an increase in the miniblog, eh ryan "Programming is not fun" - Travis Burke, (software engineer) I totally agree, work isn't work if it's fun... it's fun! (that sounded like something andrew would say, sorry). Speaking of fun, read this: very accurate article. T. » Posted by: Travis at September 3, 2003 02:23 PMHi, |
