They say you should write what you know. Lately I've spent some time exploring the job market. I've been doing this to some extent for years as I worked to recruit new employees to Rentrak. In the past year, I've seen the volume of open positions explode as the economy starts to recover. This has created something of a low pressure zone "outside". Plenty of companies are seeing turnover in the past year as employees get sucked out by one of the very many external opportunities.

This is good for developers. Even if you're not actively looking for work, your employer will feel market pr…

Perhaps "old job" isn't entirely accurate as I'm still working there for another week and change. I guess "current job" is more appropriate.

Ron Savage asked what that job was. Well, I'm happy to share that. I'm working at Rentrak. Yes, they're hiring. I've been there going on eight years now. If you're in the market for a perl job in Portland, Oregon USA, then look them up.

Perks: tons of smart coworkers, serious about test-driven development, huge repos of code in much better shape than …

I gave notice at my old job this weekend. It's a time of change. Perhaps one of the changes will be that I blog. Time will tell.