Joining the Wonderful World of Contracting


Today I was offered a contracting position with Slyce (http://www.slyce.com), a start up working on an amazing looking code generation tool. It allows the use of generated code without interfering with the ability to modify these files. Each file can be modified at will, and ArchAngel (http://www.slyce.com/ArchAngel/) will be able to reconcile those changes with any that it makes should the project be regenerated. I encourage you to read more about it – there’s not a lot of information about it on the website currently but that should change soon.

Expect to see a few posts dealing with the issues related to working as a contractor – I have to pay my own taxes and what not so I will try to detail how I went about the process in the hope that it proves useful to someone else.



Architecture Chat


I went along to the Sylvia Park Architecture Chat (http://wiki.bittercoder.com/Default.aspx?Page=SylviaParkArchitectureChats) yesterday in order to have a chat with some of the guys. It was great, I love talking (and listening) to other developers in a social setting. The chat is basically a way of getting a bunch of developers together to talk about things they have experienced lately, and discuss issues with like minded people. They have a focus on .Net, but some of the topics are applicable to other spaces as well. I highly encourage everyone to go along, it is well worth the time!