This is the day before my 32nd birthday and therefore I am forced to reflect on my 11 years in IT.
I started as a Software Engineer with EDS(COBOL/JCL/DB2) and I am now a Sr. Software Engineer(or Jr. Software architect depending on who you ask - J2EE/.Net)with a student loan guarantor.

Speaking of Student Loans..I received a notice from Sallie Mae notifying me that all of my student loans are now paid off...SWEET!!

Here's a fact that most of you won't like...73% of all business code is still written in COBOL!!

I am still getting calls from IT headhunter regarding Mainframe contracts.

What's Cool...
1.) J2EE/.Net(take your pick)
2.) Rules-Based Processing
3.) SOA
4.) Ant(Although I'm really starting to dig Maven)

What's wack...
1.) Natural/ADABAS(Still..)
2.) Mainframe adapters(CICS transaction based)
3.) Coldfusion
4.) XDoclet(Sorry I just don't like putting anything besides comments in JavaDoc)

Random thoughts and observations of a disturbing world...

1.) Everyone lies on their resume.

2.) Does anyone read this lame blog?

3.) Does it matter if no one reads this blog?

4.) Damn I still miss Tupac..

My .02,
TMG