I now contract full time in Rails Development. I’m getting better at it every day!
dpickett's Life List
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1. raise a family
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2. write more
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3. program smarter
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4. Contribute to an open source software project
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5. learn Itallian
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6. buy a house
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7. speak French
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8. Own a successful business
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9. Finish my company website
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10. be a CEO
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11. Get into an exercise routine
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12. write a book
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13. Make new friends
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14. play more guitar
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15. pay off my student loans
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16. cook more
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17. learn to fix my car
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18. design and build my own home
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19. get press in a magazine or on a website
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20. keep my house cleaner
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21. get rich
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22. get a dog
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23. Finish reading all the books I own before reading new ones
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24. learn cpr
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25. Get an MBA
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26. be more creative
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27. present at a conference
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28. Stop getting into car accidents
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29. Take more pictures
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30. Save money
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31. Learn to speed read
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32. Invest
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33. go to Macworld
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34. get an iPhone
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35. get into a routine
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36. be a leader
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37. get married, stay married, and live happily ever after
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38. Become an expert rails programmer
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How I did it
How I did it: I used autotest, part of ZenTest's suite. I started with RSPEC, but I'm now actively using Shoulda as it's built on top of test::unit. I use CruiseControl.rb for continuous integration although I'm looking at integrity Read how I did it…
Recent entries
I'm now a full time consultant
6 months ago
I'm engaged
6 months ago
I got engaged and we couldn’t be happier. We’re now planning the wedding for May and our love is growing every day.
All Done
11 months ago
I send my payoff balance a few months ago, and it is really nice to not have that extra payment. What’s great, is I’ve taken the monthly expense and started putting in my savings account
