Well, it’s been a while since I started looking, but I finally found the PERFECT job. I am now the Sr. Web Application Developer for Sportz Link
The company does web sites for sports related organizations…mainly youth sports. And to kick it off right, all development is done in Cold Fusion! It’s been a while so I am a little rusty, but the good stuff came back pretty quickly.
And to really top it off…I got my own office! With a walk out patio! And Dual 21″ flat panel monitors! This computer is the same one I have at home, except with a larger HD…and I will fix that at home in a few days 
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In my 33 years of life I have set an amazing amount of goals for myself. Some I met, some I forgot about, some I just failed at. I have probably failed at more than I have met. Not because I am some loser, but usually because I become complacent in what I am doing…or I will simply accept less when it comes down to it.
But there was one goal I set for myself, the goal that in reality started this blog, that I never let go of, that I kept pushing for…that I refused to accept anything less on:
Somehow I ended up spending the last few years writing web-based computer applications, drifting away from writing. A recent job loss gave me time to sit down and reflect on my life and figure out what it is that will really make me happy.
Journalism, reporting, writing, producing…that is when I have been the happiest.
So now it is time for me to start a new chapter in my life, time for me to go back to what it is that makes me happy.
This web blog will be my public journal of how I go from the unhappy code monkey to the delighted word smith.
Well I have finally met that goal!
I have been offered and accepted a position with The Denver Post as their newest Online News Producer! Yep, back working at a newspaper, back doing what it is I love, back in the journalism realm. 
It’s funny, while I am overjoyed with the new opportunity, I am extremely sad about leaving my current job. I work with a great bunch of folks. I am going to miss Jim, Tina and Becca. Hopefully they won’t forget me and will still try to convince me to go to happy hour on Fridays and make me eat really good mexican food at bars that we get lost trying to find. You guys know you can always call on me for help.
I guess change is inevitable though.
I don’t know what this means for this blog. I doubt much will change here…maybe an increase in posting since I will have more time to come up with these great gems of knowledge I drop on y’all…LOL 
Either way, I can say without hesistation that the outlet that T-Square’s Virtual Insanity has provided me is what got me to this point, to obtaining this goal.
And because of that I thank all of you who take a minute to drop in and see what is going on with me, drop in and leave a comment, heck, just drop in. You guys gave me a reason to keep plugging away, to keep writing..even the nonsense.
It has been pointed out to me that I never actually did a post announcing my return to the land of the employed…so here we go:
I got a job! Yep, a real, full-time, benefits paying job. I work for a small company located in the Downtown Denver area (of course, the one location I DID NOT want to work) with a bunch of really kick ass people.
It is really hard to say what it is I do exactly, but I enjoy it very much. I guess it is a mix of marketing + copy writing + design + programming + IT support. I know this is the right fit, because I get up in the morning happy and I come home from work happy.
I was worried at first that the euphoria of getting a job was the happiness factor, but as the time wore on I realized it was the job that was the happiness factor.
It really is great working for a company that truly respects and appreciates their employees…and shows it!
I guess the only thing I can say that is a PITA is the commute in the gas guzzlin’ Jeep.
This may just make the purchase of a more economical vehicle a reality sooner than I thought.
So there you have it, the official T-Square got a job post!
I went on a job interview today and had to take a writing test. It was so cool!!! What many would view as a mundane task, I took as a challenge to everything that I used to make my decision to jump back into journalism and dust off the cob webs.
I have no clue whether I did a good job or not (I think I did a dang fine job) but the fact that I was handed a fact sheet and a quote sheet and told to write a 250 word article from that and did it was satisfying to me.
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So the time has come for me to make some decisions in my life. Time for me to figure out what it is exactly I want to be when I grow up. I thought I had that all worked out, but sometimes life throws you a curveball and makes you change up your stance.
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