The Enspired Blog

As much as I enjoyed my years developing in Visual Basic and then in C# and ASP.NET, it’s hard to even remember what made it fun. At least, looking at it from the language perspective. The projects were often fun, and I love the creative nature of writing code in general. But the languages were not elegant and the code produced just wasn’t beautiful in the way that I expect code to be these days.

I keep getting emails about .NET positions day after day. After spending over two years working in Rails, and working exclusively in Rails for the last year… how could I go back to .NET? Even if Rails work was impossible to find, I can’t imagine leaving the world of dynamic languages and MVC frameworks.

After yet another job shake up, I’ve found myself in the position of having to really consider the stability of a .NET position. There are lots of them out there, but what is stability without joy in what you’re doing day in and day out? So rather than throwing in the towel, I’m just going to try and take my destiny into my own hands. I’ve launched Rent-A-Railer and I’ve started marketing my independent services. As the name indicates, I’m staying on the Rails. I’m a hired gun, I’m an expert consultant, I’m a moonlighter, I’m and one-man wrecking crew… whatever services you need, I’m your guy! And if it’s more than I can handle, we’ll call in the big guns from Re::Rails.

So if you’re looking for complete end-to-end development services, or you just need someone to step in and get your project launched, get in touch and let me help you succeed. Available for hire… Rent-A-Railer is just a call away.