Will Bridges

I’m so pissed I didn’t register to vote. My friend Jackson got me the forms to register but it got to be late on the deadline day and it completely slipped my mind because I was so busy. However, I could have swore I registered to vote when I got my Tennessee license. Maybe I should go to the voting place and check it out to see if I’m on the list. Then, maybe I will be able to vote. I really want to. It’s a thick race here in Tennessee and I really want to do all I can to see the democrats back in power.

Let me clarify. I don’t just want to see the democrats back in power just because I’m a democrat because I’m not. I have a lot of conservative values. I just believe these aren’t the republicans that I learned about. These republicans want to take away rights with constitutional amendment, they are corrupt with power, for the corporate interest only (it seems), and generally destorying the middle class by policy. There are some republicans that aren’t like this but from what I’ve seen the current administration and friends of the administration are like what I describe and I can’t stand to see them in power.

I’m in an interracial relationship which would have been illegal not to long ago (yes, it was illegal at one point in time) until we realized this was none of the government’s business. Who people fall in love with and marry is none of the legal system’s business and it never should be. Every time I think we have come so far as a society it seems I find out we barely moved at all.

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I’ve finally decided to start a blog. I’m going to discuss all sorts of
things on here. I’ll discuss my family, programming, my travels, and
general observations. Let me start by discussing myself a little bit.

I’ve been a web developer and programmer for 8 years. I’ve had my own
business for about that long. I’m originally from Front Royal, VA and
currently I live in Nashville, TN. But, I’ve lived in:

• Portland, Oregon
• Medford, Oregon
• Ashville, North Carolina
• Jackson, Mississippi
• Jupiter, Florida
• Winchester, Virginia

I dropped out of school and started my business developing web sites
when I was 17. I got some lucky breaks by doing some cheap websites to
learn and build my network up. The primary programming language I have
used over the past 8 years has been PERL. So, I used what I knew of PERL
and a book to help build a couple banner rotation system and a shopping
cart. From there I was able to build other programs as I built a network
of clients.

I worked solely for myself for about 5 years on various contracts. Then, I decided to become a programmer for FEMA (Federal Emergency Mangagement Agencey). I worked for them for a year doing windows programming. It was a terrible experience. Almost nothing ever got done working for FEMA. Politics kept everything moving slowly. The mindset was to spend as much money as possible. I left after a year.

I then went to work for a small development firm in Winchester, VA called Iveka. Iveka still remains a client of mine. I enjoyed working for them and convinced them to build some generalized software products. This was my first crack at product development. I learned quite a bit. 20 sites of Iveka still run off of my software.

I then went to work for a company called Outdoor Central. I learned Ruby on Rails got enjoyed a renewed love for programming. OC was in the process of switching an enterprise level of application from PERL to Ruby on Rails. This was a great experience and I learned tons about Ruby on Rails. However, I hungered for more experience with less politics.

So, finally I went back to work for myself after three years of doing side work and working for someone else on salary. I just had a son about 8 weeks ago on Sepetember 11th so it was a difficult decision to drop my saftey net of a salary but I’m glad I did and I hope I never turn back. The only thing that bothers me now is writing requirements, proposals and in-depth planning but I wouldn’t have it any other way. I’m ready to do what is required of me to show off my unique creativity and skill set.

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