Back in the saddle again

Shane here... Well, after one weekend of being unemployed, I'm back in the saddle again. As of Monday 9th I'll be be working at Barkley. You can click on their logo to learn more.

This is pretty much a dream job for me. I'll be doing everything from database design to user interface design and integration. I'll be initially dealing with Java technologies but may also be called upon to do PHP, .NET, Ruby on Rails, AJAX and whatever else clients need. This is very exciting because being the technologist that I am, I'm always wanting to learn new stuff anyway.

I'd like to say a special thanks to Jeremy Luby, my friend and business partner who had a lead on this position for me before I even got home on the day I was let go. I'd also like to thank Sarah Dau who put in a good word for me to one of her executive friends over at Barkely. Thanks also to all of our friends and co-workers who's support has been so immediate and strong.

I'd also like to acknowledge God here. The timeline of life since college has been such an amazing set of circumstances and coincidences that it's hard not to see God's gracious work as I look back. While Laney and I were still in our last semester of college, I received a generous job offer from DST Output who even gave me money to help pay for my last semester. Laney and I were able to get married, move to KC, and get started working in less than a one month time span. Four years later, an opening at American Century Investments opened up. Their flexibility, parental leave policy, and great insurance could not have come at a better time dues to having the triplets. The company and all my co-workers were and have continued to be amazingly supportive. Over the last seven years, I've learned so much due to these jobs and my side work that have prepared me for this next position at Barkely. Then, when the timing was right, I was let go from American Century with three months of severance pay and immediately picked up by Barkely which turns the severance into a bonus. Some might look at that and say that it was skill, connections, etc. that won me those jobs but there are many who have been as skilled and connected , etc. who have not led the same charmed existence. For that I can only credit God.