Goodbye consulting, hello funny business

As of this Friday, August 1st, I'll no longer be a consultant. I've accepted a deal with ComicWonder (actually, with the parent company that has no name yet) to be a permanent employee and partial owner (very, very, very small part, kind of like owning one brick in a skyscraper).

Why would I do this, you ask? Well, it was actually a very easy decision to make. Great people, great work, control over how I develop, I could go on and on. It's the best job I've ever had by far. And it's not just about ComicWonder. We are branching out into many different areas that all take advantage of the technology we use for ComicWonder.

Right now we have several big name customers testing out a new application I've been working on that could blow the lid off the Human Resources game. It's one of those apps that you go, wow, how come I didn't think of that? Aren't those always the ones where you're like, duh, that makes total sense and damn, I could have done that. I think it's going to be huge and we're not stopping there. There are several other apps in the hopper just waiting for me to get to them.

Before too long I'm going to actually need to bring on help. As the sole Java developer it's been great. No worrying about someone else's code or what they're working on or merging code. It's just me and I do it the way I want to. Unfortunately I'm only one person and with the amount of work we have coming in I'll need some help sooner or later.

Needless to say I'm very excited about this opportunity and am looking forward to being part of the "family" for many years to come.

By the way, one other side benefit... our bowling team will be sponsored by ComicWonder! I can't wait to see the shirts!