Definitely sorry to see you go. It was hard to leave Seattle after living there for a few years, so I get wanting to head to that part of the world. We'll be down here trying not to let the bastards get us down.

This is certainly the way I'm letting my career progress. We'll see where it goes!

This has been a problem for decades now. My thought is, if you move to a place because it's cool, support some of those things that made it cool! Once covid is better, go eat at long-standing restaurants, or see a show with a local musician. Something!

Five years ago this month, I started my first job as a professional software developer. After spending a decade in public-school classrooms, the road to that moment was long but worth it. Here's to seeing what the next five years brings.

(Embittered) High School English Teacher

Without hyperbole I can firmly say that there's no one you'd rather have working on your Node apps than Evan. Just being in the same room with him means you'll learn something about Node. The fact that he's available means someone's about to get really lucky.

Excited to announced the next @reactjsaustin meetup. Come to @Vrbo's HQ in the Domain for a talk on Styled Components in @reactjs. There will also be an opening presentation on Vrbo's internal coding bootcamp, transitioning non-tech workers to tech roles. meetup.com/ReactJS-Austin-Me…

This weekend my daughter looked out of our hotel window and declared, "Hello, World!" I've now documented the first real-world utterance of this phrase in all of recorded history.

I've never heard of this until today but signed up immediately. Anything @BiancaGando is involved with is worth a look. Check it out!

This rings very true for me. I think the best thing we can do is not over-hire for either CS grads or those from other paths. Mixing them together would make for a team with lots of both theoretical and practical skills.

It was nice being able to host in our new building. More meetups at Vrbo to come!

Say it loud! Say it loud now. Say it clear! Come on say it clear! We are hosting the ReactJS Meetup at the new Vrbo building Monday night. Come, won't you?

As I start on a new team at Vrbo, my career so far: 6 months maintaining Angular, Node, Mongo microservices 6 months Node backend services 6 months various UI 1 year React/Node frontend 1 year Java/Postgres backend Next year: ??? The fun of software development!

oh-my-zsh: makes my command line experience nicer/easier JavaScript: self-taught then Hack Reactor coding school Java: learning at work, with a little Scala, too

Wherein I talk with Steven Raichlen his new book that explores the worldwide phenomenon that is brisket.

Wherein I research all currently streaming Marvel movies so you don't have to. Complete with links!

When I'm not coding the night away, I sometimes interview interesting people. Here's me with Aaron Franklin on his new steak book. austinchronicle.com/food/201…